About Benakanahalli Village

Benakanahalli is a large village in Honnali tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,256, made up of 1,637 males and 1,619 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 696.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benakanahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benakanahalli village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Davanagere
Tehsil	Honnali
Pincode	577224
Area (hectares)	696.57 hectares
Population	3,256
Male Population	1,637
Female Population	1,619
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	989
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benakanahalli compares

By the 2011 count Benakanahalli is the 13th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents. Its 696.57 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Benakanahalli

Benakanahalli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Benakanahalli as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Benakanahalli from other places

Benakanahalli lies about 37 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Konagavalli, about 31 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Benakanahalli
Tehsil headquarters	Honnali	7.6 km
Nearest railway station	Konagavalli	31 km
Nearest town	Channagiri	31 km
District headquarters	Davanagere	37 km

Villages closest to Benakanahalli

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Honnali tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Benakanahalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Benakanahalli village had a population of 3,256. That makes it the 13th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents.

Benakanahalli village has 1,637 males and 1,619 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benakanahalli has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Benakanahalli is 577224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benakanahalli covers 696.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Benakanahalli falls under Honnali tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Benakanahalli is Konagavalli, about 31 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Benakanahalli.

Benakanahalli is about 37 km from Davanagere in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benakanahalli is in Honnali tehsil of Davanagere district. Honnali is about 7.6 km away. Konagavalli is about 31 km away. Channagiri is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.