About Benavara Village

Benavara is a small village in Kunigal tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 395, made up of 193 males and 202 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 242.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benavara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benavara village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Kunigal
Pincode	572111
Area (hectares)	242.69 hectares
Population	395
Male Population	193
Female Population	202
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,047
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benavara compares

By the 2011 count Benavara is the 154th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 242.69 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Benavara

Benavara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Benavara 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Benavara from other places

Benavara lies about 59 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Siddapura, about 17 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 Benavara
Nearest railway station	Siddapura	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kunigal	23 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	59 km

Villages closest to Benavara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benavara village had a population of 395. That makes it the 154th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Benavara village has 193 males and 202 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benavara has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Benavara is 572111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benavara covers 242.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Benavara falls under Kunigal tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Benavara is Siddapura, about 17 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 village for Benavara.

Benavara is about 59 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benavara is in Kunigal tehsil of Tumkur district. Siddapura is about 17 km away. Kunigal is about 23 km away. Tumkur is about 59 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.