About Benchagere Village

Benchagere is a mid sized village in Gubbi tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,561, made up of 773 males and 788 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 297.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572223, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benchagere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benchagere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Gubbi
Pincode	572223
Area (hectares)	297.87 hectares
Population	1,561
Male Population	773
Female Population	788
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Benchagere compares

By the 2011 count Benchagere is the 30th largest of the 316 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 735 residents. Its 297.87 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Benchagere

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

Benchagere lies about 18 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Nidvanda, about 5.4 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 Benchagere
Nearest railway station	Nidvanda	5.4 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	18 km
Nearest town	Tumkūr	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gubbi	35 km

Villages closest to Benchagere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benchagere village had a population of 1,561. That makes it the 30th largest of the 316 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 735 residents.

Benchagere village has 773 males and 788 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benchagere has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Benchagere is 572223. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benchagere covers 297.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Benchagere falls under Gubbi tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Benchagere is Nidvanda, about 5.4 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 village for Benchagere.

Benchagere is about 18 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benchagere is in Gubbi tehsil of Tumkur district. Nidvanda is about 5.4 km away. Tumkur is about 18 km away. Tumkūr is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.