About Benakanakatte Village

Benakanakatte is a small village in Chiknayakanhalli tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 422, made up of 205 males and 217 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 219.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benakanakatte Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benakanakatte village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Chiknayakanhalli
Pincode	572226
Area (hectares)	219.1 hectares
Population	422
Male Population	205
Female Population	217
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,059
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benakanakatte compares

By the 2011 count Benakanakatte is the 132nd largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 219.1 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 997.

Getting to Benakanakatte

Benakanakatte is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Benakanakatte as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Benakanakatte from other places

Benakanakatte lies about 63 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Banashankari, about 16 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 Benakanakatte
Tehsil headquarters	Chiknayakanhalli	10 km
Nearest town	Chiknāyakanhalli	10 km
Nearest railway station	Banashankari	16 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	63 km

Villages closest to Benakanakatte

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benakanakatte village had a population of 422. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Benakanakatte village has 205 males and 217 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benakanakatte has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Benakanakatte is 572226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benakanakatte covers 219.1 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.

Benakanakatte falls under Chiknayakanhalli tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Benakanakatte is Banashankari, about 16 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 10+ km distance for Benakanakatte.

Benakanakatte is about 63 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benakanakatte is in Chiknayakanhalli tehsil of Tumkur district. Chiknayakanhalli is about 10 km away. Chiknāyakanhalli is about 10 km away. Banashankari is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.