About Handigud Village

Handigud is a mid sized village in Hukeri tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 842, made up of 442 males and 400 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 433.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591340, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Handigud Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handigud village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Belgaum
Tehsil	Hukeri
Pincode	591340
Area (hectares)	433.78 hectares
Population	842
Male Population	442
Female Population	400
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	905
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Handigud compares

By the 2011 count Handigud is the 114th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,792 residents. Its 433.78 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Handigud

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

Handigud lies about 51 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Bagewadi, 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 Handigud
Tehsil headquarters	Hukeri	8.8 km
Nearest railway station	Bagewadi	20 km
District headquarters	Belgaum	51 km

Villages closest to Handigud

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Handigud village had a population of 842. That makes it the 114th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,792 residents.

Handigud village has 442 males and 400 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handigud has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Handigud is 591340. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Handigud covers 433.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Handigud falls under Hukeri tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Handigud is Bagewadi, 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Handigud.

Handigud is about 51 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handigud is in Hukeri tehsil of Belgaum district. Hukeri is about 8.8 km away. Bagewadi is about 20 km away. Belgaum is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.