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About Benagal Village

Benagal is a mid sized village in Piriyapatna tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,114, made up of 572 males and 542 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 268.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benagal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benagal village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Mysore
Tehsil Piriyapatna
Pincode 571102
Area (hectares) 268.84 hectares
Population 1,114
Male Population 572
Female Population 542
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 948
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Benagal compares

By the 2011 count Benagal is the 76th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,166 residents. Its 268.84 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Benagal

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

Benagal lies about 72 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Hosa Agrahara, about 41 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 Benagal
Tehsil headquarters Piriyapatna 19 km
Nearest town Madikeri 29 km
Nearest railway station Hosa Agrahara 41 km
District headquarters Mysore 72 km

Villages closest to Benagal

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

Common questions about Benagal

As per the Census of India 2011, Benagal village had a population of 1,114. That makes it the 76th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,166 residents.

Benagal village has 572 males and 542 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benagal has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Benagal is 571102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benagal covers 268.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Benagal falls under Piriyapatna tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Benagal is Hosa Agrahara, about 41 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 <5 km distance for Benagal.

Benagal is about 72 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benagal is in Piriyapatna tehsil of Mysore district. Piriyapatna is about 19 km away. Madikeri is about 29 km away. Hosa Agrahara is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sunkadahalli (1.7 km), Maradiyur (2.3 km) and Nilavadi (2.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Benagal today is likely to be higher.

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