Benikre observes Ganeshotsav on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Maharashtra.
Temples near Benikre
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By population, Benikre ranks #48 of 83 villages in Kagal mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Benikre is a village of 2,099 people in 443 households (Census 2011) in Kagal taluka, Kolhapur district, Maharashtra, the 48th-largest of 83 villages in Kagal taluka. Literacy is 66%, 4 points below the taluka average of 69% and the sex ratio is 956 women per 1,000 men. It lies 81 km from the Kolhapur district centre, 24 km from Kasaba Sangaon, the nearest town, 34 km from Gur Market railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 416219, served by Murgud post office; the LGD village code is 567718. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Murgud, 7 km away. The village votes in Shirol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Rajendra Patil Yadravkar. The population is estimated at 2,475 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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