About Handyanwadi Village

Handyanwadi is a mid sized village in Chikodi tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,058, made up of 538 males and 520 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 323.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591287, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Handyanwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handyanwadi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Belgaum
Tehsil	Chikodi
Pincode	591287
Area (hectares)	323.75 hectares
Population	1,058
Male Population	538
Female Population	520
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	967
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Handyanwadi compares

By the 2011 count Handyanwadi is the 118th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,865 residents. Its 323.75 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Handyanwadi

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

Handyanwadi lies about 73 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Valivade, about 24 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 Handyanwadi
Nearest town	Nipāni	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chikodi	24 km
Nearest railway station	Valivade	24 km
District headquarters	Belgaum	73 km

Villages closest to Handyanwadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Handyanwadi village had a population of 1,058. That makes it the 118th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,865 residents.

Handyanwadi village has 538 males and 520 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handyanwadi has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Handyanwadi is 591287. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Handyanwadi covers 323.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Handyanwadi falls under Chikodi tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Handyanwadi is Valivade, about 24 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 Handyanwadi.

Handyanwadi is about 73 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handyanwadi is in Chikodi tehsil of Belgaum district. Nipāni is about 11 km away. Chikodi is about 24 km away. Valivade is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.