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About Handanahalli Village

Handanahalli is a mid sized village in Hunsur tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,522, made up of 806 males and 716 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 753.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Handanahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handanahalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Mysore
Tehsil Hunsur
Pincode 571103
Area (hectares) 753.93 hectares
Population 1,522
Male Population 806
Female Population 716
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 888
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Handanahalli compares

By the 2011 count Handanahalli is the 47th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents. Its 753.93 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 Handanahalli

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

Handanahalli lies about 18 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Kallur Yedahalli, about 12 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 Handanahalli
Nearest railway station Kallur Yedahalli 12 km
Nearest town Hinakallu 14 km
District headquarters Mysore 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Hunsur 20 km

Villages closest to Handanahalli

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.

Common questions about Handanahalli

As per the Census of India 2011, Handanahalli village had a population of 1,522. That makes it the 47th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents.

Handanahalli village has 806 males and 716 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handanahalli has about 888 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 Handanahalli is 571103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Handanahalli covers 753.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Handanahalli falls under Hunsur tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Handanahalli is Kallur Yedahalli, about 12 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 km distance for Handanahalli.

Handanahalli is about 18 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handanahalli is in Hunsur tehsil of Mysore district. Kallur Yedahalli is about 12 km away. Hinakallu is about 14 km away. Mysore is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Doddabeechanahalli (1.7 km), Hullenahalli (2.0 km) and Dallalu (2.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Handanahalli today is likely to be higher.

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