Benakanahalli observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
The principal temple recorded for Kundgol mandal is Sri Someshwara Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Benakanahalli itself.
Nadahabba — the state festival. Bombe Habba doll steps at home; Mysuru Dasara is the public form, the Jamboo Savari procession on Vijayadashami carrying the Chamundeshwari idol on a decorated elephant.
The regional form observed across Karnataka. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Benakanahalli ranks #40 of 58 villages in Kundgol mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Benakanahalli is a village of 1,237 people in 223 households (Census 2011) in Kundgol taluk, Dharwad district, Karnataka, the 40th-largest of 58 villages in Kundgol taluk. Literacy is 70%, 4 points above the taluk average of 66% and the sex ratio is 973 women per 1,000 men. It lies 381 km from the Dharwad district centre, 8 km from Kamthana, the nearest town, 8 km from Bidar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 581113, served by Kundgol post office; the LGD village code is 602557. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. A.S. Patil Hospital, 7 km away. The village votes in Navalgund assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ningaraddi Hanamaraddi Konaraddi. The population is estimated at 1,458 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Hirenarti →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benakanahalli · this village | 1,237 | 70% | — |
| Benakanahalli · Channagiri | 0 | — | 0 km N |
| Benakanahalli · Madhugiri | 481 | 56% | 0 km N |
| Benakanahalli · Indi | 2,524 | 53% | 0 km N |
| Benakanahalli · Channagiri | 1,029 | 56% | 0 km N |
| Benakanahalli · Haveri | 1,363 | 65% | 0 km N |
| Benakanahalli · Honnali | 3,256 | 68% | 0 km N |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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