Benkanhalli

Sedam block · Kalaburagi district, Karnataka · PIN 585222 · village code 620532

Population 2011

3,072

Census of India

Population 2020

4,052

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+31.9%

980 people · 3.1% a year

Households

804

+47.3% vs 546 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

3,072

Male / female

1,529 / 1,543

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,009

Children aged 0–6

447

Literacy rate

39.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

531 / 1

Working population

1,595

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

91.5%

Households

546

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road nearest 2 km away

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre nearest 2 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

395

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

290

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

85%

Net sown area

1,680 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

1,680 / 324 / 2

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Benakanahalli panchayat, Sedam 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

₹76.79 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹16.71 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹19.03 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹74.48 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹36.00 lakh · received ₹6.68 lakh · spent ₹2.32 lakh · left ₹40.36 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹40.79 lakh · received ₹10.03 lakh · spent ₹16.71 lakh · left ₹34.12 lakh

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

Location

17.0631, 77.2188 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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