About Benche Village

Benche is a mid sized village in Sira tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,034, made up of 521 males and 513 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 229.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benche Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benche village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Sira
Pincode	572125
Area (hectares)	229.36 hectares
Population	1,034
Male Population	521
Female Population	513
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	985
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benche compares

By the 2011 count Benche is the 81st largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,149 residents. Its 229.36 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Benche

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

Benche lies about 36 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Gubbi, about 31 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 Benche
Tehsil headquarters	Sira	16 km
Nearest town	Sīra	16 km
Nearest railway station	Gubbi	31 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	36 km

Villages closest to Benche

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benche village had a population of 1,034. That makes it the 81st largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,149 residents.

Benche village has 521 males and 513 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benche has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Benche is 572125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benche covers 229.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Benche falls under Sira tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Benche is Gubbi, about 31 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 Benche.

Benche is about 36 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benche is in Sira tehsil of Tumkur district. Sira is about 16 km away. Sīra is about 16 km away. Gubbi is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.