About Handalakuppe Village

Handalakuppe is a small village in Kunigal tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 149, made up of 81 males and 68 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 550.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572130, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Handalakuppe Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handalakuppe village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Kunigal
Pincode	572130
Area (hectares)	550.85 hectares
Population	149
Male Population	81
Female Population	68
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	840
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Handalakuppe compares

By the 2011 count Handalakuppe is the 222nd largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 550.85 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Handalakuppe

Handalakuppe is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Handalakuppe as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Handalakuppe from other places

Handalakuppe lies about 47 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Kunigal, about 9.3 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 Handalakuppe
Nearest railway station	Kunigal	9.3 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	47 km

Villages closest to Handalakuppe

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 Handalakuppe

As per the Census of India 2011, Handalakuppe village had a population of 149. That makes it the 222nd largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Handalakuppe village has 81 males and 68 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handalakuppe has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Handalakuppe is 572130. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Handalakuppe covers 550.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Handalakuppe falls under Kunigal tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Handalakuppe is Kunigal, about 9.3 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 10+ km distance for Handalakuppe.

Handalakuppe is about 47 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handalakuppe is in Kunigal tehsil of Tumkur district. Kunigal is about 9.3 km away. Tumkur is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.