Benakanalli observes Mysuru Dasara on Sunday, 11 October 2026, along with the rest of Karnataka.
The principal temple recorded for Bidar mandal is Raghavendra Swami Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Benakanalli itself.
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, Benakanalli ranks #66 of 133 villages in Bidar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Benakanalli is a village of 1,520 people in 274 households (Census 2011) in Bidar taluk, Bidar district, Karnataka, the 66th-largest of 133 villages in Bidar taluk. Literacy is 57%, 1 points above the taluk average of 56% and the sex ratio is 946 women per 1,000 men. It lies 77 km from the Bidar district centre, 8 km from Kamthana, the nearest town, 8 km from Bidar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 585402, served by Bidar G.N.Jhira post office; the LGD village code is 600145. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. A.S. Patil Hospital, 7 km away. The village votes in Chittapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Priyank Kharge. The population is estimated at 1,726 in 2026, up 14% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Markal →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benakanalli · this village | 1,520 | 57% | — |
| Benakanahalli · Channagiri | 0 | — | 0.4 km SE |
| Benakanahalli · Kundgol | 1,237 | 70% | 0.4 km SE |
| Benakanahalli · Channagiri | 1,029 | 56% | 0.4 km SE |
| Benakanahalli · Indi | 2,524 | 53% | 0.4 km SE |
| Benakanahalli · Haveri | 1,363 | 65% | 0.4 km SE |
| Benakanahalli · Madhugiri | 481 | 56% | 0.4 km SE |
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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