About Handerki Village

Handerki is a large village in Sedam tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,002, made up of 1,995 males and 2,007 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2887.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Handerki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handerki village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Sedam
Pincode	585222
Area (hectares)	2887.12 hectares
Population	4,002
Male Population	1,995
Female Population	2,007
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Handerki compares

By the 2011 count Handerki is the 6th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,584 residents. Its 2887.12 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Handerki

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

Handerki lies about 59 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Malkhaid Road, about 21 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 Handerki
Nearest town	Gurmatkāl	20 km
Nearest railway station	Malkhaid Road	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sedam	24 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	59 km

Villages closest to Handerki

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Handerki village had a population of 4,002. That makes it the 6th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,584 residents.

Handerki village has 1,995 males and 2,007 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handerki has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Handerki is 585222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Handerki covers 2887.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Handerki falls under Sedam tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Handerki is Malkhaid Road, about 21 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 Handerki.

Handerki is about 59 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handerki is in Sedam tehsil of Gulbarga district. Gurmatkāl is about 20 km away. Malkhaid Road is about 21 km away. Sedam is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.