About Benakanakoppa Village

Benakanakoppa is a large village in Nargund tehsil, in the district of Gadag, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,014, made up of 1,007 males and 1,007 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 874.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 582207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benakanakoppa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benakanakoppa village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gadag
Tehsil	Nargund
Pincode	582207
Area (hectares)	874.75 hectares
Population	2,014
Male Population	1,007
Female Population	1,007
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benakanakoppa compares

By the 2011 count Benakanakoppa is the 11th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,010 residents. Its 874.75 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Benakanakoppa

Benakanakoppa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Benakanakoppa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Benakanakoppa from other places

Benakanakoppa lies about 51 km from Gadag, and the nearest railway station is Somanakatti, 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 Benakanakoppa
Tehsil headquarters	Nargund	9.2 km
Nearest railway station	Somanakatti	31 km
District headquarters	Gadag	51 km

Villages closest to Benakanakoppa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nargund 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 Benakanakoppa

As per the Census of India 2011, Benakanakoppa village had a population of 2,014. That makes it the 11th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,010 residents.

Benakanakoppa village has 1,007 males and 1,007 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benakanakoppa has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Benakanakoppa is 582207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benakanakoppa covers 874.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Benakanakoppa falls under Nargund tehsil of Gadag district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Benakanakoppa is Somanakatti, 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 10+ km distance for Benakanakoppa.

Benakanakoppa is about 51 km from Gadag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benakanakoppa is in Nargund tehsil of Gadag district. Nargund is about 9.2 km away. Somanakatti is about 31 km away. Gadag is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.