About Hanchi Village

Hanchi is a mid sized village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,086, made up of 568 males and 518 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 592.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577413, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hanchi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hanchi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577413
Area (hectares)	592.45 hectares
Population	1,086
Male Population	568
Female Population	518
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hanchi compares

By the 2011 count Hanchi is the 45th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 592.45 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Hanchi

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

How far is Hanchi from other places

Hanchi lies about 75 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Byadgi, about 33 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 Hanchi
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	23 km
Nearest town	Hāngal	29 km
Nearest railway station	Byadgi	33 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	75 km

Villages closest to Hanchi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hanchi village had a population of 1,086. That makes it the 45th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Hanchi village has 568 males and 518 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hanchi has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Hanchi is 577413. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hanchi covers 592.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hanchi falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hanchi is Byadgi, about 33 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Hanchi.

Hanchi is about 75 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hanchi is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 23 km away. Hāngal is about 29 km away. Byadgi is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.