About Benkatavalli Village

Benkatavalli is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 517, made up of 243 males and 274 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,128 females per 1000 males. The village covers 583.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benkatavalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benkatavalli village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sagar
Pincode	577401
Area (hectares)	583.2 hectares
Population	517
Male Population	243
Female Population	274
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,128
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benkatavalli compares

By the 2011 count Benkatavalli is the 97th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 583.2 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1029.

Getting to Benkatavalli

Benkatavalli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Benkatavalli as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Benkatavalli from other places

Benkatavalli lies about 67 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Sagar Jambagaru, about 7.1 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 Benkatavalli
Nearest railway station	Sagar Jambagaru	7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sagar	7.2 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	7.2 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	67 km

Villages closest to Benkatavalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benkatavalli village had a population of 517. That makes it the 97th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Benkatavalli village has 243 males and 274 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benkatavalli has about 1128 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1029.

The pincode recorded for Benkatavalli is 577401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benkatavalli covers 583.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Benkatavalli falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Benkatavalli is Sagar Jambagaru, about 7.1 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Benkatavalli.

Benkatavalli is about 67 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benkatavalli is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Sagar Jambagaru is about 7.1 km away. Sagar is about 7.2 km away. Sāgar is about 7.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.