Chikka Benkal

Gangavathi block · Koppal district, Karnataka · PIN 583235 · village code 601614

Change since 2011 is not available for this village. The 2020 Mission Antyodaya survey recorded a population of 2,685 — exactly the Census 2011 figure. That happens in about 15% of villages nationally, where the surveyor appears to have carried the old number forward rather than counting afresh. Showing “0% growth” here would be reporting a number nobody measured, so we don't. How we detect this.

Population (Census 2011)

2,685

Households 2020

425

surveyed separately, so usable

Census 2011

Total population

2,685

Male / female

1,398 / 1,287

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

921

Children aged 0–6

453

Literacy rate

47.5%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

914 / 614

Working population

1,244

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

76.4%

Households

425

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road nearest 5 km away

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

No CSC

The village primary school

These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.

Students

352

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

152

Non-farm households

210

Share of households farming, 2020

42%

Net sown area

62 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

62 / 45 / 20

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Chikkabenakal panchayat, Gangavathi zila parishad. These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.

Opening balance

₹72.43 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹38.66 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹52.58 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹58.51 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹29.21 lakh · received ₹21.86 lakh · spent ₹16.67 lakh · left ₹34.40 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹43.22 lakh · received ₹16.80 lakh · spent ₹35.91 lakh · left ₹24.11 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

15.4414, 76.4347 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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