About Handi Tola Village

Handi Tola is a mid sized village in Ambagarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,055, made up of 528 males and 527 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 998 females per 1000 males. The village covers 426.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491670, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Handi Tola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handi Tola village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Ambagarh
Pincode	491670
Area (hectares)	426.11 hectares
Population	1,055
Male Population	528
Female Population	527
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	998
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Handi Tola compares

By the 2011 count Handi Tola is the 25th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 657 residents. Its 426.11 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1057.

Getting to Handi Tola

Handi Tola is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Handi Tola as Available. 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 Handi Tola from other places

Handi Tola lies about 32 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bhainsbod, about 16 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 Handi Tola
Nearest railway station	Bhainsbod	16 km
Nearest town	Balod	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ambagarh	32 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	32 km

Villages closest to Handi Tola

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ambagarh 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 Handi Tola

As per the Census of India 2011, Handi Tola village had a population of 1,055. That makes it the 25th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 657 residents.

Handi Tola village has 528 males and 527 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handi Tola has about 998 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1057.

The pincode recorded for Handi Tola is 491670. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Handi Tola covers 426.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Handi Tola falls under Ambagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Handi Tola is Bhainsbod, about 16 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Handi Tola.

Handi Tola is about 32 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handi Tola is in Ambagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Bhainsbod is about 16 km away. Balod is about 19 km away. Ambagarh is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.