About Handalagere Village

Handalagere is a mid sized village in Kunigal tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 721, made up of 363 males and 358 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 180.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Handalagere Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handalagere village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Kunigal
Pincode	572111
Area (hectares)	180.61 hectares
Population	721
Male Population	363
Female Population	358
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	986
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Handalagere compares

By the 2011 count Handalagere is the 91st largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 180.61 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Handalagere

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

Handalagere lies about 52 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Siddapura, about 11 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 Handalagere
Nearest railway station	Siddapura	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kunigal	16 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	52 km

Villages closest to Handalagere

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Handalagere village had a population of 721. That makes it the 91st largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Handalagere village has 363 males and 358 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handalagere has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Handalagere is 572111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Handalagere covers 180.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Handalagere falls under Kunigal tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Handalagere is Siddapura, about 11 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 - 10 km distance for Handalagere.

Handalagere is about 52 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handalagere is in Kunigal tehsil of Tumkur district. Siddapura is about 11 km away. Kunigal is about 16 km away. Tumkur is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.