About Handel Village

Handel is a small village in Thunag tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 9, made up of 6 males and 3 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 6.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175054, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Handel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handel village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Thunag
Pincode	175054
Area (hectares)	6.95 hectares
Population	9
Male Population	6
Female Population	3
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	500
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Handel compares

By the 2011 count Handel is the 147th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 287 residents. Its 6.95 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Handel

Handel is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Handel as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Handel from other places

Handel lies about 45 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Shimla, about 43 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 Handel
Tehsil headquarters	Thunag	18 km
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	40 km
Nearest railway station	Shimla	43 km
District headquarters	Mandi	45 km

Villages closest to Handel

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Handel village had a population of 9. That makes it the 147th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 287 residents.

Handel village has 6 males and 3 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handel has about 500 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Handel is 175054. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Handel covers 6.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Handel falls under Thunag tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Handel is Shimla, about 43 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Handel.

Handel is about 45 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handel is in Thunag tehsil of Mandi district. Thunag is about 18 km away. Sundarnagar is about 40 km away. Shimla is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.