Bennihalli

Harappanahalli block · Ballari district, Karnataka · PIN 583127 · village code 606317

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 3,086 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 12,030 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

3,086

Male / female

1,541 / 1,545

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,003

Children aged 0–6

360

Literacy rate

64.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

578 / 101

Working population

1,444

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

69.9%

Households

650

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

—

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Separately located

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

310

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

475

Non-farm households

505

Share of households farming, 2020

48%

Net sown area

1,550 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

1,550 / 800 / 1,200

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Bennehalli panchayat, Harappanahalli 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

₹38.47 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹25.65 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹42.51 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹21.61 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹9.97 lakh · received ₹10.26 lakh · spent ₹18.31 lakh · left ₹1.92 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹28.50 lakh · received ₹15.39 lakh · spent ₹24.20 lakh · left ₹19.69 lakh

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

Location

14.7928, 76.1082 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

Belagodu compare · Belligatta compare · Bellikatti compare · Belugoduhal compare · Bennikal compare · Bennikallu compare · Bevinahalli compare · Bevoor compare

How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Ballari district · School staffing across Ballari · …and across Karnataka