Benkikere, Channagiri

Benkikere is a village located in the Channagiri Taluk of Davangere district of Karnataka. The village falls in Channagiri block and comes under Hebbalagere Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Davanagere parliament constituency and Channagiri assembly constituency.

As on May 2024, the current population of Benkikere is 1.9 thousands out of which 948 are males and rest 920 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 970 females per 1000 males. There are around 175 teenagers in Benkikere. It has literacy rate of 61% which means around 1.1 thousands persons can read and write. Total 1 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 167 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 409 households in Benkikere, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 1.1 thousands. The pincode of Benkikere is 577215 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Hodikere Sub Post office
• Goppenahalli Branch Post office
• Chikkagangoor Branch Post office
• Hebbalagere Branch Post office
• Kanchiganahalu Branch Post office

Schools

Benkikere has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Govt. Higher Primary School - Benkikere
• Sri Basaveshwara Lower Primary School -Benkikere

Hospitals

Benkikere has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Hodigere Sub-Center
• Vadnahal Sub-Center
• Goppenahally Primary Health Center
• Hebbalagere Sub-Center
• Chikkaganguru Primary Health Center

Banks

Benkikere has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Canara Bank Hodigere
• Canara Bank Devarahalli
• Indian Bank Gopanahalli
• Karnataka Gramin Bank Nuggehalli