Benderganekal observes Gowri Ganesha Habba on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
By population, Benderganekal ranks #4 of 91 villages in Arakera mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Benderganekal is a village of 4,753 people in 885 households (Census 2011) in Arakera taluk, Raichur district, Karnataka, the 4th-largest of 91 villages in Arakera taluk. Literacy is 37%, about the same as the taluk average of 37% and the sex ratio is 1,000 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 584116, served by Jalahalli post office; the LGD village code is 600698. The village votes in Kanakagiri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Tangadagi Shivaraj Sangappa. The population is estimated at 5,396 in 2026, up 14% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: B.Ganekal →
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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