About Handikunte Village

Handikunte is a mid sized village in Sira tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 777, made up of 385 males and 392 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 531.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Handikunte Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handikunte village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Sira
Pincode	572113
Area (hectares)	531.08 hectares
Population	777
Male Population	385
Female Population	392
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Handikunte compares

By the 2011 count Handikunte is the 111th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,149 residents. Its 531.08 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Handikunte

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

Handikunte lies about 63 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Pavagada, about 40 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 Handikunte
Tehsil headquarters	Sira	20 km
Nearest town	Sīra	20 km
Nearest railway station	Pavagada	40 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	63 km

Villages closest to Handikunte

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Handikunte village had a population of 777. That makes it the 111th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,149 residents.

Handikunte village has 385 males and 392 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handikunte has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Handikunte is 572113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Handikunte covers 531.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Handikunte falls under Sira tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Handikunte is Pavagada, about 40 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 Handikunte.

Handikunte is about 63 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handikunte is in Sira tehsil of Tumkur district. Sira is about 20 km away. Sīra is about 20 km away. Pavagada is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.