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Bennihalli observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
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, Bennihalli ranks #73 of 78 villages in Chikodi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bennihalli is a village of 937 people in 161 households (Census 2011) in Chikodi taluk, Belagavi district, Karnataka, the 73rd-largest of 78 villages in Chikodi taluk. Literacy is 65%, 2 points above the taluk average of 62% and the sex ratio is 1,019 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 591226, served by Karoshi post office; the LGD village code is 597233. The village votes in Gokak assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jarkiholi Ramesh Laxmanrao. The population is estimated at 1,105 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bambalawad →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bennihalli · this village | 937 | 65% | — |
| Bambalwad · Chikodi | 4,007 | 56% | — |
| Kungatolli · Chikodi | 1,512 | 64% | — |
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.
Centred on Chikodi mandal
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