About Benkeppalli Village

Benkeppalli is a large village in Chincholi tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,522, made up of 1,830 males and 1,692 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1928.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585306, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benkeppalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benkeppalli village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Chincholi
Pincode	585306
Area (hectares)	1928.72 hectares
Population	3,522
Male Population	1,830
Female Population	1,692
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benkeppalli compares

By the 2011 count Benkeppalli is the 14th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,749 residents. Its 1928.72 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Benkeppalli

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

Benkeppalli lies about 53 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Kattalli, about 19 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 Benkeppalli
Nearest town	Chitaguppa	11 km
Nearest railway station	Kattalli	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chincholi	24 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	53 km

Villages closest to Benkeppalli

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 Benkeppalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Benkeppalli village had a population of 3,522. That makes it the 14th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,749 residents.

Benkeppalli village has 1,830 males and 1,692 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benkeppalli has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Benkeppalli is 585306. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benkeppalli covers 1928.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Benkeppalli falls under Chincholi tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Benkeppalli is Kattalli, about 19 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 Benkeppalli.

Benkeppalli is about 53 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benkeppalli is in Chincholi tehsil of Gulbarga district. Chitaguppa is about 11 km away. Kattalli is about 19 km away. Chincholi is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.