About Handla Village

Handla is a mid sized village in Keshod tehsil, in the district of Junagadh, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,493, made up of 751 males and 742 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 903.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 362222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Handla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handla village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Junagadh
Tehsil	Keshod
Pincode	362222
Area (hectares)	903.64 hectares
Population	1,493
Male Population	751
Female Population	742
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	988
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Handla compares

By the 2011 count Handla is the 33rd largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,237 residents. Its 903.64 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Handla

Handla is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Handla as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Handla from other places

Handla lies about 32 km from Junagadh, and the nearest railway station is Badodar, about 7.4 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 Handla
Tehsil headquarters	Keshod	6.9 km
Nearest railway station	Badodar	7.4 km
District headquarters	Junagadh	32 km

Villages closest to Handla

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Keshod 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 Handla

As per the Census of India 2011, Handla village had a population of 1,493. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,237 residents.

Handla village has 751 males and 742 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handla has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Handla is 362222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Handla covers 903.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Handla falls under Keshod tehsil of Junagadh district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Handla is Badodar, about 7.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Handla.

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

Handla is in Keshod tehsil of Junagadh district. Keshod is about 6.9 km away. Badodar is about 7.4 km away. Junagadh is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.