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About Handrahalli Village

Handrahalli is a mid sized village in Devanahalli tehsil, in the district of Bangalore Rural, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,600, made up of 803 males and 797 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 993 females per 1000 males. The village covers 571.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 562129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Handrahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handrahalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bangalore Rural
Tehsil Devanahalli
Pincode 562129
Area (hectares) 571.7 hectares
Population 1,600
Male Population 803
Female Population 797
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 993
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Handrahalli compares

By the 2011 count Handrahalli is the 15th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 767 residents. Its 571.7 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Handrahalli

Handrahalli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Handrahalli as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Handrahalli from other places

Handrahalli lies about 22 km from Bangalore Rural, and the nearest railway station is Kempegowda International Airport Halt, about 13 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 Handrahalli
Nearest town Hoskote 7.6 km
Nearest railway station Kempegowda International Airport Halt 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Devanahalli 14 km
District headquarters Bangalore Rural 22 km

Villages closest to Handrahalli

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

Common questions about Handrahalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Handrahalli village had a population of 1,600. That makes it the 15th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 767 residents.

Handrahalli village has 803 males and 797 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handrahalli has about 993 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Handrahalli is 562129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Handrahalli covers 571.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Handrahalli falls under Devanahalli tehsil of Bangalore Rural district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Handrahalli is Kempegowda International Airport Halt, about 13 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 km distance for Handrahalli.

Handrahalli is about 22 km from Bangalore Rural in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handrahalli is in Devanahalli tehsil of Bangalore Rural district. Hoskote is about 7.6 km away. Kempegowda International Airport Halt is about 13 km away. Devanahalli is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Budigere (1.6 km), Budigere Amanikere (1.6 km) and Gangavara Chowdappana Halli (3.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Handrahalli today is likely to be higher.

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