About Handral Village

Handral is a mid sized village in Muddebihal tehsil, in the district of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 958, made up of 471 males and 487 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 769.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 586112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Handral Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handral village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bijapur
Tehsil	Muddebihal
Pincode	586112
Area (hectares)	769.34 hectares
Population	958
Male Population	471
Female Population	487
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,034
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Handral compares

By the 2011 count Handral is the 97th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,525 residents. Its 769.34 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Handral

Handral is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Handral as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Handral from other places

Handral lies about 16 km from Bijapur, and the nearest railway station is Bacheli, about 56 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Handral
Tehsil headquarters	Muddebihal	16 km
District headquarters	Bijapur	16 km
Nearest railway station	Bacheli	56 km

Villages closest to Handral

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Muddebihal tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Handral

As per the Census of India 2011, Handral village had a population of 958. That makes it the 97th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,525 residents.

Handral village has 471 males and 487 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handral has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Handral is 586112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Handral covers 769.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Handral falls under Muddebihal tehsil of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Handral is Bacheli, about 56 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Handral.

Handral is about 16 km from Bijapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handral is in Muddebihal tehsil of Bijapur district. Muddebihal is about 16 km away. Bijapur is about 16 km away. Bacheli is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.