About Handur Village

Handur is a mid sized village in Khanapur tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,716, made up of 882 males and 834 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 586.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Handur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Belgaum
Tehsil	Khanapur
Pincode	591106
Area (hectares)	586.98 hectares
Population	1,716
Male Population	882
Female Population	834
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Handur compares

By the 2011 count Handur is the 37th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,044 residents. Its 586.98 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Handur

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

Handur lies about 36 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Alnavar Junction, about 19 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 Handur
Nearest railway station	Alnavar Junction	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khanapur	20 km
Nearest town	Haliyal	30 km
District headquarters	Belgaum	36 km

Villages closest to Handur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Handur village had a population of 1,716. That makes it the 37th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,044 residents.

Handur village has 882 males and 834 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handur has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Handur is 591106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Handur covers 586.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Handur falls under Khanapur tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Handur is Alnavar Junction, about 19 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 10+ km distance for Handur.

Handur is about 36 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handur is in Khanapur tehsil of Belgaum district. Alnavar Junction is about 19 km away. Khanapur is about 20 km away. Haliyal is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.