About Handral Village

Handral is a mid sized village in Umarga tehsil, in the district of Osmanabad, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 845, made up of 424 males and 421 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 993 females per 1000 males. The village covers 562 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 413606, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Handral Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handral village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Osmanabad
Tehsil	Umarga
Pincode	413606
Area (hectares)	562 hectares
Population	845
Male Population	424
Female Population	421
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	993
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 72nd largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,279 residents. Its 562 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 941.

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 81 km from Osmanabad, and the nearest railway station is Kamalapura, about 41 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	Umarga	12 km
Nearest railway station	Kamalapura	41 km
District headquarters	Osmanabad	81 km

Villages closest to Handral

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Umarga 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 845. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,279 residents.

Handral village has 424 males and 421 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handral has about 993 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Handral is 413606. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Handral covers 562 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.

Handral falls under Umarga tehsil of Osmanabad district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Handral is Kamalapura, about 41 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 81 km from Osmanabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handral is in Umarga tehsil of Osmanabad district. Umarga is about 12 km away. Kamalapura is about 41 km away. Osmanabad is about 81 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.