About Handralu Village

Handralu is a mid sized village in Belur tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 778, made up of 377 males and 401 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,064 females per 1000 males. The village covers 447.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Handralu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handralu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Tehsil	Belur
Pincode	573216
Area (hectares)	447.45 hectares
Population	778
Male Population	377
Female Population	401
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,064
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Handralu compares

By the 2011 count Handralu is the 45th largest of the 331 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 460 residents. Its 447.45 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Handralu

Handralu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Handralu 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Handralu from other places

Handralu lies about 19 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Alur, about 16 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 Handralu
Tehsil headquarters	Belur	12 km
Nearest town	Belūr	12 km
Nearest railway station	Alur	16 km
District headquarters	Hassan	19 km

Villages closest to Handralu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Handralu village had a population of 778. That makes it the 45th largest of the 331 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 460 residents.

Handralu village has 377 males and 401 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handralu has about 1064 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Handralu is 573216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Handralu covers 447.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Handralu falls under Belur tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Handralu is Alur, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Handralu.

Handralu is about 19 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handralu is in Belur tehsil of Hassan district. Belur is about 12 km away. Belūr is about 12 km away. Alur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.