About Hanchur Village

Hanchur is a mid sized village in Alur tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 660, made up of 327 males and 333 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 220.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hanchur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hanchur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Tehsil	Alur
Pincode	573218
Area (hectares)	220.14 hectares
Population	660
Male Population	327
Female Population	333
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hanchur compares

By the 2011 count Hanchur is the 26th largest of the 239 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 318 residents. Its 220.14 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Hanchur

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

Hanchur lies about 16 km from Hassan. 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 Hanchur
Tehsil headquarters	Alur	6.7 km
District headquarters	Hassan	16 km

Villages closest to Hanchur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hanchur village had a population of 660. That makes it the 26th largest of the 239 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 318 residents.

Hanchur village has 327 males and 333 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hanchur has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Hanchur is 573218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hanchur covers 220.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Hanchur falls under Alur tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The census record for Hanchur notes the nearest railway station 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 Hanchur.

Hanchur is about 16 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hanchur is in Alur tehsil of Hassan district. Alur is about 6.7 km away. Hassan is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.