Bennuru
Sorab block · Shivamogga
district, Karnataka · PIN 577429
· village code 607512
Population 2011
1,216
Census of India
Population 2020
1,058
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-13.0%
-158 people · -1.5% a year
Households
210
-30.0% vs 300 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,216
Male / female
622 / 594
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
955
Children aged 0–6
112
Literacy rate
72.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
229 / 0
Working population
846
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.2%
Households
300
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
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
122
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
41
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
180
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
380 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
380 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bennur panchayat, Sorab 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
₹42.35 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.52 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹24.10 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹28.76 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.89 lakh · received ₹4.21 lakh · spent ₹10.66 lakh · left ₹7.43 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.46 lakh · received ₹6.31 lakh · spent ₹13.44 lakh · left ₹21.33 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
14.4685, 74.9723 —
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