About Bennur Village

Bennur is a mid sized village in Chitapur tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,047, made up of 495 males and 552 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,115 females per 1000 males. The village covers 382.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bennur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bennur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Chitapur
Pincode	585312
Area (hectares)	382.42 hectares
Population	1,047
Male Population	495
Female Population	552
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,115
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bennur compares

By the 2011 count Bennur is the 90th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents. Its 382.42 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Bennur

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

Bennur lies about 27 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Mahagaon, about 25 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 Bennur
Nearest railway station	Mahagaon	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chitapur	26 km
Nearest town	Chītāpur	26 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	27 km

Villages closest to Bennur

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Bennur

As per the Census of India 2011, Bennur village had a population of 1,047. That makes it the 90th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents.

Bennur village has 495 males and 552 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bennur has about 1115 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Bennur is 585312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bennur covers 382.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bennur falls under Chitapur tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Bennur is Mahagaon, about 25 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 Bennur.

Bennur is about 27 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bennur is in Chitapur tehsil of Gulbarga district. Mahagaon is about 25 km away. Chitapur is about 26 km away. Chītāpur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.