About Hanchinal Village

Hanchinal is a mid sized village in Bilgi tehsil, in the district of Bagalkot, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 963, made up of 477 males and 486 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 428.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 587117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hanchinal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hanchinal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bagalkot
Tehsil	Bilgi
Pincode	587117
Area (hectares)	428.82 hectares
Population	963
Male Population	477
Female Population	486
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hanchinal compares

By the 2011 count Hanchinal is the 47th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,262 residents. Its 428.82 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Hanchinal

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

How far is Hanchinal from other places

Hanchinal lies about 31 km from Bagalkot, and the nearest railway station is Chikka-Shellikeri, about 29 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 Hanchinal
Tehsil headquarters	Bilgi	12 km
Nearest town	Jamkhandi	27 km
Nearest railway station	Chikka-Shellikeri	29 km
District headquarters	Bagalkot	31 km

Villages closest to Hanchinal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hanchinal village had a population of 963. That makes it the 47th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,262 residents.

Hanchinal village has 477 males and 486 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hanchinal has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Hanchinal is 587117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hanchinal covers 428.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Hanchinal falls under Bilgi tehsil of Bagalkot district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hanchinal is Chikka-Shellikeri, about 29 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 5 - 10 km distance for Hanchinal.

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

Hanchinal is in Bilgi tehsil of Bagalkot district. Bilgi is about 12 km away. Jamkhandi is about 27 km away. Chikka-Shellikeri is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.