Bennagere observes Gowri Ganesha Habba on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
By population, Bennagere ranks #64 of 101 villages in Saraguru mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bennagere is a village of 286 people in 67 households (Census 2011) in Saraguru taluk, Mysuru district, Karnataka, the 64th-largest of 101 villages in Saraguru taluk. Literacy is 61%, 6 points above the taluk average of 55% and the sex ratio is 959 women per 1,000 men. It lies 104 km from the Mysuru district centre, 42 km from Jalhalli, the nearest town, 5 km from Nidvanda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 571121, served by Sargur post office; the LGD village code is 618996. The nearest hospital or health centre is Primary Health Centre, 6 km away. The village votes in Krishnarajpet assembly constituency, represented by MLA H. T. Manju. The population is estimated at 337 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mullur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bennagere · this village | 286 | 61% | — |
| Heggunda · Nelamangala | 2,079 | 66% | 1.6 km S |
| Govindapura · Bengaluru North | 289 | 63% | 2.8 km S |
| Makenahalli · Nelamangala | 595 | 56% | 2.8 km W |
| Dasenahalli · Nelamangala | 772 | 67% | 3.3 km SE |
| Kuruvelu · Tumakuru | 1,840 | 64% | 3.4 km NW |
| Karimanne · Nelamangala | 451 | 70% | 3.7 km S |
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.
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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