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About Benadaguli Village

Benadaguli is a small village in Yellapur tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 238, made up of 120 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 381.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581337, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benadaguli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benadaguli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Yellapur
Pincode 581337
Area (hectares) 381.51 hectares
Population 238
Male Population 120
Female Population 118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 983
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Benadaguli compares

By the 2011 count Benadaguli is the 62nd largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 381.51 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Benadaguli

Benadaguli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Benadaguli as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Benadaguli from other places

Benadaguli lies about 16 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Ankola, about 27 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 Benadaguli
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 16 km
Nearest railway station Ankola 27 km
Tehsil headquarters Yellapur 27 km
Nearest town Yellāpur 27 km

Villages closest to Benadaguli

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

Common questions about Benadaguli

As per the Census of India 2011, Benadaguli village had a population of 238. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Benadaguli village has 120 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benadaguli has about 983 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Benadaguli is 581337. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benadaguli covers 381.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Benadaguli falls under Yellapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Benadaguli is Ankola, about 27 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Benadaguli.

Benadaguli is about 16 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benadaguli is in Yellapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Uttara Kannada is about 16 km away. Ankola is about 27 km away. Yellapur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Geral (2.3 km), Mavinamane (5.5 km) and Bare (5.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Benadaguli today is likely to be higher.

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