About Benakanahalli Village

Benakanahalli is a mid sized village in Kundgol tehsil, in the district of Dharwad, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,237, made up of 627 males and 610 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 492.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benakanahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benakanahalli village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dharwad
Tehsil	Kundgol
Pincode	581113
Area (hectares)	492.25 hectares
Population	1,237
Male Population	627
Female Population	610
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Benakanahalli compares

By the 2011 count Benakanahalli is the 40th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,576 residents. Its 492.25 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 943.

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 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 36 km from Dharwad, and the nearest railway station is Kundgol, about 4.9 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
Nearest railway station	Kundgol	4.9 km
Nearest town	Hubballi	18 km
District headquarters	Dharwad	36 km

Villages closest to Benakanahalli

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kundgol 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 1,237. That makes it the 40th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,576 residents.

Benakanahalli village has 627 males and 610 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benakanahalli has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Benakanahalli is 581113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benakanahalli covers 492.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Benakanahalli falls under Kundgol tehsil of Dharwad district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Benakanahalli is Kundgol, about 4.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Benakanahalli.

Benakanahalli is about 36 km from Dharwad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benakanahalli is in Kundgol tehsil of Dharwad district. Kundgol is about 4.9 km away. Hubballi is about 18 km away. Dharwad is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.