About Benakal Village

Benakal is a large village in Yelbarga tehsil, in the district of Koppal, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,284, made up of 1,643 males and 1,641 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 999 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1701.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583232, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benakal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benakal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Koppal
Tehsil	Yelbarga
Pincode	583232
Area (hectares)	1701.69 hectares
Population	3,284
Male Population	1,643
Female Population	1,641
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	999
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benakal compares

By the 2011 count Benakal is the 15th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,832 residents. Its 1701.69 hectares work out to about 1.9 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, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Benakal

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

Benakal lies about 16 km from Koppal, and the nearest railway station is Bhanapur, about 6.0 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 Benakal
Nearest railway station	Bhanapur	6.0 km
District headquarters	Koppal	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Yelbarga	20 km

Villages closest to Benakal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benakal village had a population of 3,284. That makes it the 15th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,832 residents.

Benakal village has 1,643 males and 1,641 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benakal has about 999 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Benakal is 583232. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benakal covers 1701.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Benakal falls under Yelbarga tehsil of Koppal district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Benakal is Bhanapur, about 6.0 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 Benakal.

Benakal is about 16 km from Koppal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benakal is in Yelbarga tehsil of Koppal district. Bhanapur is about 6.0 km away. Koppal is about 16 km away. Yelbarga is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.