About Hire Benkal Village

Hire Benkal is a large village in Gangawati tehsil, in the district of Koppal, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,884, made up of 1,435 males and 1,449 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1269.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hire Benkal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hire Benkal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Koppal
Tehsil	Gangawati
Pincode	583225
Area (hectares)	1269.77 hectares
Population	2,884
Male Population	1,435
Female Population	1,449
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,010
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Hire Benkal compares

By the 2011 count Hire Benkal is the 36th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,378 residents. Its 1269.77 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Hire Benkal

Hire Benkal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Hire Benkal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Hire Benkal from other places

Hire Benkal lies about 34 km from Koppal, and the nearest railway station is Chikkabenakal, about 1.8 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 Hire Benkal
Nearest railway station	Chikkabenakal	1.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gangawati	7.8 km
Nearest town	Gangavati	7.8 km
District headquarters	Koppal	34 km

Villages closest to Hire Benkal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gangawati 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 Hire Benkal

As per the Census of India 2011, Hire Benkal village had a population of 2,884. That makes it the 36th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,378 residents.

Hire Benkal village has 1,435 males and 1,449 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hire Benkal has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Hire Benkal is 583225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hire Benkal covers 1269.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Hire Benkal falls under Gangawati tehsil of Koppal district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hire Benkal is Chikkabenakal, about 1.8 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 5 - 10 km distance for Hire Benkal.

Hire Benkal is about 34 km from Koppal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hire Benkal is in Gangawati tehsil of Koppal district. Chikkabenakal is about 1.8 km away. Gangawati is about 7.8 km away. Gangavati is about 7.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.