Benachi 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, Benachi ranks #4 of 12 villages in Alnavar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Benachi is a village of 1,982 people in 382 households (Census 2011) in Alnavar taluk, Dharwad district, Karnataka, the 4th-largest of 12 villages in Alnavar taluk. Literacy is 61%, 4 points above the taluk average of 57% and the sex ratio is 904 women per 1,000 men. It lies 52 km from the Dharwad district centre, 25 km from Garag, the nearest town, 4 km from Kashanatti railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 581103, served by Alnavar post office; the LGD village code is 602251. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Tergaon, 4 km away. The village votes in Kalghatgi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Santosh S Lad. The population is estimated at 2,337 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Benachi →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benachi · this village | 1,982 | 61% | — |
| Dusagi · Haliyal | 1,535 | 57% | 2 km SW |
| Dori · Alnavar | 1,523 | 56% | 3.1 km NE |
| Antrolli · Haliyal | 475 | 60% | 3.3 km SW |
| Satnalli · Haliyal | 1,253 | 62% | 4.7 km SW |
| Kogilageri · Alnavar | 1,371 | 60% | 5.1 km NE |
| Kadabagatti · Gokak | 2,121 | 67% | 5.7 km NW |
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.
3 Mosques mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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