About Benkanhalli Village

Benkanhalli is a mid sized village in Chincholi tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 791, made up of 396 males and 395 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 997 females per 1000 males. The village covers 472.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585324, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benkanhalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benkanhalli village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Chincholi
Pincode	585324
Area (hectares)	472.79 hectares
Population	791
Male Population	396
Female Population	395
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	997
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benkanhalli compares

By the 2011 count Benkanhalli is the 111th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,749 residents. Its 472.79 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Benkanhalli

Benkanhalli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Benkanhalli 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 Benkanhalli from other places

Benkanhalli lies about 50 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Kurgunta, about 15 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 Benkanhalli
Nearest railway station	Kurgunta	15 km
Nearest town	Sedam	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chincholi	20 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	50 km

Villages closest to Benkanhalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benkanhalli village had a population of 791. That makes it the 111th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,749 residents.

Benkanhalli village has 396 males and 395 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benkanhalli has about 997 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Benkanhalli is 585324. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benkanhalli covers 472.79 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.

Benkanhalli falls under Chincholi tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Benkanhalli is Kurgunta, about 15 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 Benkanhalli.

Benkanhalli is about 50 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benkanhalli is in Chincholi tehsil of Gulbarga district. Kurgunta is about 15 km away. Sedam is about 16 km away. Chincholi is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.