Benchagere
Gubbi block · Tumakuru
district, Karnataka · PIN 572223
· village code 611803
Population 2011
1,561
Census of India
Population 2020
1,717
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.0%
156 people · 1.1% a year
Households
424
+9.8% vs 386 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,561
Male / female
773 / 788
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,019
Children aged 0–6
164
Literacy rate
67.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
524 / 67
Working population
572
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.4%
Households
386
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>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
72
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
265
Non-farm households
121
Share of households farming, 2020
69%
Net sown area
145 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
145 / 57 / 38
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Nittur panchayat, Gubbi 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
₹55.44 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹23.62 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹21.82 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹57.24 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹33.03 lakh · received ₹9.45 lakh · spent ₹96,407 · left ₹41.51 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.41 lakh · received ₹14.17 lakh · spent ₹20.85 lakh · left ₹15.73 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
13.3153, 76.8590 —
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