By population, Benavalli ranks #30 of 204 villages in Hosanagara mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Benavalli is a village of 954 people in 228 households (Census 2011) in Hosanagara taluk, Shivamogga district, Karnataka, the 30th-largest of 204 villages in Hosanagara taluk. Literacy is 77%, 5 points above the taluk average of 72% and the sex ratio is 983 women per 1,000 men. It lies 26 km from the Shivamogga district centre, 45 km from Masur, the nearest town, 2 km from Arasalu railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 577426, served by Ripponpet post office; the LGD village code is 607949. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 4 km away. The village votes in Tirthahalli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Araga Jnanendra. The population is estimated at 1,125 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Arasalu →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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