About Benahal Village

Benahal is a mid sized village in Ron tehsil, in the district of Gadag, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,693, made up of 799 males and 894 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,119 females per 1000 males. The village covers 987.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 582119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benahal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benahal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gadag
Tehsil	Ron
Pincode	582119
Area (hectares)	987.1 hectares
Population	1,693
Male Population	799
Female Population	894
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,119
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Benahal compares

By the 2011 count Benahal is the 39th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,062 residents. Its 987.1 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Benahal

Benahal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Benahal 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Benahal from other places

Benahal lies about 40 km from Gadag, and the nearest railway station is Hole Alur, about 5.2 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 Benahal
Nearest railway station	Hole Alur	5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ron	11 km
District headquarters	Gadag	40 km

Villages closest to Benahal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benahal village had a population of 1,693. That makes it the 39th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,062 residents.

Benahal village has 799 males and 894 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benahal has about 1119 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Benahal is 582119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benahal covers 987.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Benahal falls under Ron tehsil of Gadag district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Benahal is Hole Alur, about 5.2 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 10+ km distance for Benahal.

Benahal is about 40 km from Gadag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benahal is in Ron tehsil of Gadag district. Hole Alur is about 5.2 km away. Ron is about 11 km away. Gadag is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.