About Hanchihall Village

Hanchihall is a small village in Turuvekere tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 295, made up of 159 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 588.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hanchihall Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hanchihall village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Turuvekere
Pincode	572221
Area (hectares)	588.95 hectares
Population	295
Male Population	159
Female Population	136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	855
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hanchihall compares

By the 2011 count Hanchihall is the 168th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 653 residents. Its 588.95 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 1009.

Getting to Hanchihall

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

Hanchihall lies about 48 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Yediyur, about 7.4 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 Hanchihall
Nearest railway station	Yediyur	7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Turuvekere	22 km
Nearest town	Kunigal	23 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	48 km

Villages closest to Hanchihall

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hanchihall village had a population of 295. That makes it the 168th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 653 residents.

Hanchihall village has 159 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hanchihall has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Hanchihall is 572221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hanchihall covers 588.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hanchihall falls under Turuvekere tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Hanchihall is Yediyur, about 7.4 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 village for Hanchihall.

Hanchihall is about 48 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hanchihall is in Turuvekere tehsil of Tumkur district. Yediyur is about 7.4 km away. Turuvekere is about 22 km away. Kunigal is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.