About Hanchya Village

Hanchya is a mid sized village in Hunsur tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 576, made up of 305 males and 271 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hanchya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hanchya village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Mysore
Tehsil	Hunsur
Pincode	571105
Area (hectares)	169.53 hectares
Population	576
Male Population	305
Female Population	271
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hanchya compares

By the 2011 count Hanchya is the 132nd largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents. Its 169.53 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Hanchya

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

Hanchya lies about 40 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 23 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 Hanchya
Tehsil headquarters	Hunsur	4.1 km
Nearest town	Hunsūr	4.1 km
Nearest railway station	Krishnaraja Nagar	23 km
District headquarters	Mysore	40 km

Villages closest to Hanchya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hanchya village had a population of 576. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents.

Hanchya village has 305 males and 271 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hanchya has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Hanchya is 571105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hanchya covers 169.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Hanchya falls under Hunsur tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hanchya is Krishnaraja Nagar, about 23 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 Hanchya.

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

Hanchya is in Hunsur tehsil of Mysore district. Hunsur is about 4.1 km away. Hunsūr is about 4.1 km away. Krishnaraja Nagar is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.