About Handod Village

Handod is a mid sized village in Sankheda tehsil, in the district of Vadodara, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 783, made up of 419 males and 364 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 369.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 391145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Handod Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handod village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Vadodara
Tehsil	Sankheda
Pincode	391145
Area (hectares)	369.88 hectares
Population	783
Male Population	419
Female Population	364
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Handod compares

By the 2011 count Handod is the 77th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 984 residents. Its 369.88 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Handod

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

How far is Handod from other places

Handod lies about 43 km from Vadodara, and the nearest railway station is Chandod, about 2.9 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 Handod
Nearest railway station	Chandod	2.9 km
Nearest town	Rājpīpla	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sankheda	24 km
District headquarters	Vadodara	43 km

Villages closest to Handod

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Handod village had a population of 783. That makes it the 77th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 984 residents.

Handod village has 419 males and 364 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handod has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Handod is 391145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Handod covers 369.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Handod falls under Sankheda tehsil of Vadodara district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Handod is Chandod, about 2.9 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 village for Handod.

Handod is about 43 km from Vadodara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handod is in Sankheda tehsil of Vadodara district. Chandod is about 2.9 km away. Rājpīpla is about 14 km away. Sankheda is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.