About Handiganadu Village

Handiganadu is a mid sized village in Hiriyur tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,382, made up of 717 males and 665 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 755.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577529, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Handiganadu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handiganadu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Hiriyur
Pincode	577529
Area (hectares)	755.9 hectares
Population	1,382
Male Population	717
Female Population	665
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Handiganadu compares

By the 2011 count Handiganadu is the 64th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,525 residents. Its 755.9 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, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Handiganadu

Handiganadu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Handiganadu as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Handiganadu from other places

Handiganadu lies about 54 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Doddasiddavanhalli, about 49 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 Handiganadu
Tehsil headquarters	Hiriyur	18 km
Nearest town	Hiriyūr	18 km
Nearest railway station	Doddasiddavanhalli	49 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	54 km

Villages closest to Handiganadu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Handiganadu village had a population of 1,382. That makes it the 64th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,525 residents.

Handiganadu village has 717 males and 665 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handiganadu has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Handiganadu is 577529. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Handiganadu covers 755.9 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.

Handiganadu falls under Hiriyur tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Handiganadu is Doddasiddavanhalli, about 49 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 - 10 km distance for Handiganadu.

Handiganadu is about 54 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handiganadu is in Hiriyur tehsil of Chitradurga district. Hiriyur is about 18 km away. Hiriyūr is about 18 km away. Doddasiddavanhalli is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.