About Bennur Village

Bennur is a mid sized village in Jevargi tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 704, made up of 365 males and 339 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 410.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585223, 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	Jevargi
Pincode	585223
Area (hectares)	410.07 hectares
Population	704
Male Population	365
Female Population	339
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bennur compares

By the 2011 count Bennur is the 118th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,885 residents. Its 410.07 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

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 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 Bennur from other places

Bennur lies about 52 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Shahabad, about 43 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
Tehsil headquarters	Jevargi	22 km
Nearest railway station	Shahabad	43 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	52 km

Villages closest to Bennur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bennur village had a population of 704. That makes it the 118th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,885 residents.

Bennur village has 365 males and 339 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bennur has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Bennur is 585223. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bennur covers 410.07 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.

Bennur falls under Jevargi tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Bennur is Shahabad, about 43 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 Bennur.

Bennur is about 52 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 Jevargi tehsil of Gulbarga district. Jevargi is about 22 km away. Shahabad is about 43 km away. Gulbarga is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.