About Handal Village

Handal is a small village in Rakkar tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 154, made up of 68 males and 86 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,265 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177034, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Handal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Rakkar
Pincode	177034
Area (hectares)	87.77 hectares
Population	154
Male Population	68
Female Population	86
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,265
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Handal compares

By the 2011 count Handal is the 73rd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 87.77 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1059.

Getting to Handal

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

Handal lies about 31 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 25 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 Handal
Tehsil headquarters	Rakkar	21 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	25 km
District headquarters	Kangra	31 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	43 km

Villages closest to Handal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Handal village had a population of 154. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Handal village has 68 males and 86 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handal has about 1265 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1059.

The pincode recorded for Handal is 177034. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Handal covers 87.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Handal falls under Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Handal is Jawalamukhi Road, about 25 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 Handal.

Handal is about 31 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handal is in Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district. Rakkar is about 21 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 25 km away. Kangra is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.