About Handewadi Village

Handewadi is a mid sized village in Kopargaon tehsil, in the district of Ahmadnagar, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 911, made up of 488 males and 423 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 221 hectares hectares.

Handewadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handewadi village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ahmadnagar
Tehsil	Kopargaon
Area (hectares)	221 hectares
Population	911
Male Population	488
Female Population	423
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	867
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Handewadi compares

By the 2011 count Handewadi is the 76th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,965 residents. Its 221 hectares work out to about 4.1 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 939.

Getting to Handewadi

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

Handewadi lies about 13 km from Ahmadnagar, and the nearest railway station is Katol, about 18 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 Handewadi
Tehsil headquarters	Kopargaon	13 km
District headquarters	Ahmadnagar	13 km
Nearest railway station	Katol	18 km
Nearest town	Kātol	18 km

Villages closest to Handewadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Handewadi village had a population of 911. That makes it the 76th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,965 residents.

Handewadi village has 488 males and 423 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handewadi has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Handewadi covers 221 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Handewadi falls under Kopargaon tehsil of Ahmadnagar district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Handewadi is Katol, about 18 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 5 - 10 km distance for Handewadi.

Handewadi is about 13 km from Ahmadnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handewadi is in Kopargaon tehsil of Ahmadnagar district. Kopargaon is about 13 km away. Ahmadnagar is about 13 km away. Katol is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.