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About Handi Village

Handi is a mid sized village in Sitamau tehsil, in the district of Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 604, made up of 325 males and 279 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 284.12 hectares hectares.

Handi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandsaur
Tehsil Sitamau
Area (hectares) 284.12 hectares
Population 604
Male Population 325
Female Population 279
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 858
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Handi compares

By the 2011 count Handi is the 104th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,114 residents. Its 284.12 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Handi

Handi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Handi as Available within <5 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 Handi from other places

Handi lies about 24 km from Mandsaur, and the nearest railway station is Dalauda, about 21 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 Handi
Tehsil headquarters Sitamau 5.6 km
Nearest railway station Dalauda 21 km
District headquarters Mandsaur 24 km

Villages closest to Handi

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

Common questions about Handi

As per the Census of India 2011, Handi village had a population of 604. That makes it the 104th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,114 residents.

Handi village has 325 males and 279 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handi has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Handi covers 284.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Handi falls under Sitamau tehsil of Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Handi is Dalauda, about 21 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Handi.

Handi is about 24 km from Mandsaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handi is in Sitamau tehsil of Mandsaur district. Sitamau is about 5.6 km away. Dalauda is about 21 km away. Mandsaur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Surkheda (2.0 km), Kodiya (2.2 km) and Morkheda (2.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Handi today is likely to be higher.

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