Benkanahalli
Hiriyur block · Chitradurga
district, Karnataka · PIN 577598
· village code 606120
Population 2011
1,114
Census of India
Population 2020
1,258
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.9%
144 people · 1.4% a year
Households
280
+23.4% vs 227 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,114
Male / female
552 / 562
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,018
Children aged 0–6
140
Literacy rate
52.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
175 / 8
Working population
657
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.3%
Households
227
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
45
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
11
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
260
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
95%
Net sown area
480 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
480 / 50 / 28
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
P.D.Kote panchayat, Hiriyur 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
₹15.54 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹31.00 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹33.47 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.08 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.00 lakh · received ₹12.55 lakh · spent ₹10.35 lakh · left ₹9.20 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.54 lakh · received ₹18.45 lakh · spent ₹23.11 lakh · left ₹3.88 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
14.0721, 76.8838 —
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