About Handur Village

Handur is a small village in Narasimharajapura tehsil, in the district of Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 175, made up of 81 males and 94 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,160 females per 1000 males. The village covers 550.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577134, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Handur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chikmagalur
Tehsil	Narasimharajapura
Pincode	577134
Area (hectares)	550.6 hectares
Population	175
Male Population	81
Female Population	94
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,160
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Handur compares

By the 2011 count Handur is the 54th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,029 residents. Its 550.6 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1042.

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 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Handur from other places

Handur lies about 40 km from Chikmagalur, and the nearest railway station is Bellenahalli, about 29 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
Tehsil headquarters	Narasimharajapura	4.2 km
Nearest railway station	Bellenahalli	29 km
Nearest town	Tarikere	31 km
District headquarters	Chikmagalur	40 km

Villages closest to Handur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Narasimharajapura 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 175. That makes it the 54th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,029 residents.

Handur village has 81 males and 94 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handur has about 1160 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1042.

The pincode recorded for Handur is 577134. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Handur covers 550.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Handur falls under Narasimharajapura tehsil of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Handur is Bellenahalli, about 29 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Handur.

Handur is about 40 km from Chikmagalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handur is in Narasimharajapura tehsil of Chikmagalur district. Narasimharajapura is about 4.2 km away. Bellenahalli is about 29 km away. Tarikere is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.