About Handikhera Village

Handikhera is a large village in Aurad tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,874, made up of 1,452 males and 1,422 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 870.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585443, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Handikhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handikhera village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bidar
Tehsil	Aurad
Pincode	585443
Area (hectares)	870.08 hectares
Population	2,874
Male Population	1,452
Female Population	1,422
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	979
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Handikhera compares

By the 2011 count Handikhera is the 22nd largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,687 residents. Its 870.08 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, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Handikhera

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

Handikhera lies about 52 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Kamalnagar, 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 Handikhera
Nearest railway station	Kamalnagar	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Aurad	16 km
Nearest town	Udgīr	19 km
District headquarters	Bidar	52 km

Villages closest to Handikhera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Handikhera village had a population of 2,874. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,687 residents.

Handikhera village has 1,452 males and 1,422 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handikhera has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Handikhera is 585443. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Handikhera covers 870.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Handikhera falls under Aurad tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Handikhera is Kamalnagar, 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 village for Handikhera.

Handikhera is about 52 km from Bidar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handikhera is in Aurad tehsil of Bidar district. Kamalnagar is about 13 km away. Aurad is about 16 km away. Udgīr is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.