Bennur (B)
Chitapur block · Kalaburagi
district, Karnataka · PIN 585317
· village code 620635
Population 2011
1,247
Census of India
Population 2020
2,947
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+136.3%
1,700 people · 10.0% a year
Households
512
+130.6% vs 222 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,247
Male / female
606 / 641
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,058
Children aged 0–6
211
Literacy rate
49.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
295 / 0
Working population
626
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.2%
Households
222
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
195
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
346
Non-farm households
110
Share of households farming, 2020
76%
Net sown area
216 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
216 / 160 / 130
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Petsheroro panchayat, Chitapur 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
₹17.98 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹21.65 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹28.53 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.09 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20,000 · received ₹12.24 lakh · spent ₹6.00 lakh · left ₹6.44 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.78 lakh · received ₹9.41 lakh · spent ₹22.53 lakh · left ₹4.66 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
17.3333, 77.0674 —
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