Benkikere
Channagiri block · Davangere
district, Karnataka · PIN 577215
· village code 607082
Population 2011
1,673
Census of India
Population 2020
1,847
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.4%
174 people · 1.1% a year
Households
401
+9.6% vs 366 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,673
Male / female
849 / 824
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
971
Children aged 0–6
175
Literacy rate
60.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
940 / 150
Working population
950
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.8%
Households
366
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
Bus
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
115
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
295
Non-farm households
78
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
185 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
185 / 182 / 75
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Hebbalagere panchayat, Channagiri 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
₹34.05 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹46.09 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹58.05 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.09 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.78 lakh · received ₹18.64 lakh · spent ₹20.67 lakh · left ₹11.75 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.26 lakh · received ₹27.44 lakh · spent ₹37.37 lakh · left ₹10.33 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
14.0373, 76.1397 —
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