About Handral Village

Handral is a mid sized village in Nilanga tehsil, in the district of Latur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 605, made up of 312 males and 293 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 262 hectares hectares.

Handral Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handral village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Latur
Tehsil	Nilanga
Area (hectares)	262 hectares
Population	605
Male Population	312
Female Population	293
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Handral compares

By the 2011 count Handral is the 120th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,938 residents. Its 262 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Handral

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

Handral lies about 49 km from Latur, and the nearest railway station is Hallikhed K., about 51 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 Handral
Tehsil headquarters	Nilanga	17 km
District headquarters	Latur	49 km
Nearest railway station	Hallikhed K.	51 km

Villages closest to Handral

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Handral village had a population of 605. That makes it the 120th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,938 residents.

Handral village has 312 males and 293 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handral has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

Handral covers 262 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Handral falls under Nilanga tehsil of Latur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Handral is Hallikhed K., about 51 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 Handral.

Handral is about 49 km from Latur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handral is in Nilanga tehsil of Latur district. Nilanga is about 17 km away. Latur is about 49 km away. Hallikhed K. is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.