About Handar Village

Handar is a large village in Gool Gulabgarh tehsil, in the district of Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,563, made up of 1,357 males and 1,206 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1036.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Handar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Reasi
Tehsil	Gool Gulabgarh
Pincode	182313
Area (hectares)	1036.4 hectares
Population	2,563
Male Population	1,357
Female Population	1,206
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Handar compares

By the 2011 count Handar is the 20th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,424 residents. Its 1036.4 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Handar

Handar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Handar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Handar from other places

Handar lies about 38 km from Reasi, and the nearest railway station is Khari, about 20 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 Handar
Nearest railway station	Khari	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gool Gulabgarh	23 km
Nearest town	Kulgam	27 km
District headquarters	Reasi	38 km

Villages closest to Handar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gool Gulabgarh 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 Handar

As per the Census of India 2011, Handar village had a population of 2,563. That makes it the 20th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,424 residents.

Handar village has 1,357 males and 1,206 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handar has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Handar is 182313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Handar covers 1036.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Handar falls under Gool Gulabgarh tehsil of Reasi district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Handar is Khari, about 20 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 village for Handar.

Handar is about 38 km from Reasi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handar is in Gool Gulabgarh tehsil of Reasi district. Khari is about 20 km away. Gool Gulabgarh is about 23 km away. Kulgam is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.