About Handikhera Village

Handikhera is a large village in Homnabad tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,460, made up of 1,262 males and 1,198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 949.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585418, 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	Homnabad
Pincode	585418
Area (hectares)	949.83 hectares
Population	2,460
Male Population	1,262
Female Population	1,198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	949
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 39th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,188 residents. Its 949.83 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 967.

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 39 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Nandagaon, 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	Nandagaon	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Homnabad	14 km
Nearest town	Homnābād	14 km
District headquarters	Bidar	39 km

Villages closest to Handikhera

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Homnabad 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 2,460. That makes it the 39th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,188 residents.

Handikhera village has 1,262 males and 1,198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handikhera has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Handikhera is 585418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Handikhera covers 949.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Handikhera falls under Homnabad tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Handikhera is Nandagaon, 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 39 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 Homnabad tehsil of Bidar district. Nandagaon is about 13 km away. Homnabad is about 14 km away. Homnābād is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.