About Handralu Village

Handralu is a mid sized village in Madhugiri tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 602, made up of 289 males and 313 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 244.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572163, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Handralu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handralu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Madhugiri
Pincode	572163
Area (hectares)	244.58 hectares
Population	602
Male Population	289
Female Population	313
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,083
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Handralu compares

By the 2011 count Handralu is the 130th largest of the 279 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 816 residents. Its 244.58 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Handralu

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

Handralu lies about 42 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Viduraswattha, about 20 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 Handralu
Tehsil headquarters	Madhugiri	12 km
Nearest railway station	Viduraswattha	20 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	42 km

Villages closest to Handralu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Handralu village had a population of 602. That makes it the 130th largest of the 279 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 816 residents.

Handralu village has 289 males and 313 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handralu has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Handralu is 572163. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Handralu covers 244.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Handralu falls under Madhugiri tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Handralu is Viduraswattha, about 20 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 10+ km distance for Handralu.

Handralu is about 42 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handralu is in Madhugiri tehsil of Tumkur district. Madhugiri is about 12 km away. Viduraswattha is about 20 km away. Tumkur is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.