About Benchigaddi Village

Benchigaddi is a mid sized village in Shorapur tehsil, in the district of Yadgir, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,000, made up of 502 males and 498 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 992 females per 1000 males. The village covers 648.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benchigaddi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benchigaddi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Yadgir
Tehsil	Shorapur
Pincode	585215
Area (hectares)	648.09 hectares
Population	1,000
Male Population	502
Female Population	498
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	992
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benchigaddi compares

By the 2011 count Benchigaddi is the 129th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents. Its 648.09 hectares work out to about 1.5 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Benchigaddi

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

Benchigaddi lies about 78 km from Yadgir, and the nearest railway station is Sindhanur, about 68 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 Benchigaddi
Nearest town	Lingsugūr	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shorapur	29 km
Nearest railway station	Sindhanur	68 km
District headquarters	Yadgir	78 km

Villages closest to Benchigaddi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Benchigaddi village had a population of 1,000. That makes it the 129th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,876 residents.

Benchigaddi village has 502 males and 498 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benchigaddi has about 992 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Benchigaddi is 585215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benchigaddi covers 648.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Benchigaddi falls under Shorapur tehsil of Yadgir district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Benchigaddi is Sindhanur, about 68 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 10+ km distance for Benchigaddi.

Benchigaddi is about 78 km from Yadgir in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benchigaddi is in Shorapur tehsil of Yadgir district. Lingsugūr is about 20 km away. Shorapur is about 29 km away. Sindhanur is about 68 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.