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About Handriyal Village

Handriyal is a mid sized village in Basavakalyan tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 984, made up of 507 males and 477 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 548.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Handriyal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handriyal village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bidar
Tehsil Basavakalyan
Pincode 585331
Area (hectares) 548.88 hectares
Population 984
Male Population 507
Female Population 477
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 941
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Handriyal compares

By the 2011 count Handriyal is the 86th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,509 residents. Its 548.88 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Handriyal

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

Handriyal lies about 78 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Kamalapura, about 30 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 Handriyal
Nearest town Umarga 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Basavakalyan 20 km
Nearest railway station Kamalapura 30 km
District headquarters Bidar 78 km

Villages closest to Handriyal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Handriyal village had a population of 984. That makes it the 86th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,509 residents.

Handriyal village has 507 males and 477 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handriyal has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Handriyal is 585331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Handriyal covers 548.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Handriyal falls under Basavakalyan tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Handriyal is Kamalapura, about 30 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 Handriyal.

Handriyal is about 78 km from Bidar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handriyal is in Basavakalyan tehsil of Bidar district. Umarga is about 19 km away. Basavakalyan is about 20 km away. Kamalapura is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chikotta (2.1 km), Chittakaldev (2.1 km) and Manhalli (3.3 km).

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

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