About Benagaon Village

Benagaon is a mid sized village in Sirsi tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 695, made up of 346 males and 349 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1458.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581315, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benagaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benagaon village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Sirsi
Pincode	581315
Area (hectares)	1458.43 hectares
Population	695
Male Population	346
Female Population	349
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,009
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benagaon compares

By the 2011 count Benagaon is the 50th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 548 residents. Its 1458.43 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Benagaon

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

Benagaon lies about 8.8 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Mirjan, about 21 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 Benagaon
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	8.8 km
Nearest railway station	Mirjan	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sirsi	26 km

Villages closest to Benagaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benagaon village had a population of 695. That makes it the 50th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 548 residents.

Benagaon village has 346 males and 349 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benagaon has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Benagaon is 581315. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benagaon covers 1458.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Benagaon falls under Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Benagaon is Mirjan, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance for Benagaon.

Benagaon is about 8.8 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benagaon is in Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Uttara Kannada is about 8.8 km away. Mirjan is about 21 km away. Sirsi is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.