Benakal, Kukunoor

Benakal is a village and Gram Panchayat of the Kukunoor Taluk in Koppal district of Karnataka, which falls under Kukunoor block. It belongs to Koppal parliament constituency and Yelburga assembly constituency. Gavisiddappa Hanchyalappa Lebageri is the President of Benakal Gram Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address benakal.ylb.kpl@gmail.com and mobile number 99019xxx05. The Secretary is Nagaraj , who can be reached at email address umeshagoumh@gmail.com and mobile number 94492xxx94. The Panchayat address is Near Bus Stand, Benakal, Pincode - 583232. You can reach there by taking a bus till Benakal bus stop which is less than a km away.

As on December 2024, the current population of Benakal is 3.7 thousands out of which 1.8 thousands are males and rest 1.8 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 999 females per 1000 males. There are around 435 teenagers in Benakal. It has literacy rate of 58% which means around 2.1 thousands persons can read and write. Total 602 people belonging to scheduled caste and 112 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 680 households in Benakal, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 1.9 thousands. The pincode of Benakal is 583232 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Kuknoor Sub Post office
• Binhal Branch Post office
• Mandalgera Branch Post office
• Yerihanchinal Branch Post office
• Chikenkoppa Branch Post office

Schools

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

• S.F.S Lower Primary School Kukanoor
• Govt Higher Primary School Balageri
• Vidyananda Gurukul High School And P U College Kukanoor
• Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Kukanoor
• Gavisiddeshwar Higher Primary School Kukanoor

Hospitals

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

• Masabahanchinal Sub-Center
• Manglore Primary Health Center
• Chikenkoppa Sub-Center
• Benkal Sub-Center
• Kukanoor Community Health Center

Banks

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

• Canara Bank Kukanoor
• Karnataka Gramin Bank Ginigera
• Karnataka Gramin Bank Itagik
• Karnataka Gramin Bank Kukunur
• State Bank of India Kuknoor

Panchayat Members

Vice President

Veerupanna Kalyanappa Pujar is the Vice President of Benakal Gram Panchayat, whose mobile no. is 87470xxx50 and email is benakal.ylb.kpl@gmail.com.

Member

Benakal Gram Panchayat has total 11 elected Member.

1. Sumgala Kanakappa Vajrabandi - Mobile: 95350xxx99 - Email: benakal.ylb.kpl@gmail.com
2. Mahalaxmi Ravi Jigalur - Mobile: 70264xxx15 - Email: benakala.ylb.kpl@gmail.com
3. Shivakumar Sangayya Soppimath - Mobile: 94827xxx74 - Email: benakal.ylb.kpl@gmail.com
4. Sanneppa Malappa Vajrabandi - Mobile: 87469xxx39 - Email: benakal.ylb.kpl@gmail.com
5. Mallappa Ningappa Balageri - Mobile: 96203xxx02 - Email: benakal..ylb.kpl@gmail.com
6. Laxmavva Jambanna Nadavalamani - Mobile: 96112xxx57 - Email: benakal.ylb.kpl@gmail.com
7. Vidya Prakash Talavar - Mobile: 97311xxx19 - Email: benakal.ylb.kpl@gmail.com
8. Shreekantappa Hanamappa Karigar - Mobile: 98809xxx03 - Email: benakal.ylb.kpl@gmail.com
9. Sharanappa Sannahulagappa Vaddar - Mobile: 96067xxx28 - Email: benakal.ylb.kpl@gmail.com
10. Shankravva Devappa Pujar - Mobile: 99721xxx69 - Email: benakal.ylb.kpl@gmail.com
11. Annavva Basvaraj Tipparasanal - Mobile: 99727xxx01 - Email: benakal.ylb.kpl@gmail.com

Covered villages

Benakal Gram Panchayat manages total 2 villages.

• Benakal
• G.Virapur