About Handral Village

Handral is a mid sized village in Akkalkot tehsil, in the district of Solapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,415, made up of 751 males and 664 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 519 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 413219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Handral Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handral village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Solapur
Tehsil	Akkalkot
Pincode	413219
Area (hectares)	519 hectares
Population	1,415
Male Population	751
Female Population	664
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Handral compares

By the 2011 count Handral is the 76th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,836 residents. Its 519 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 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 5 - 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 31 km from Solapur, and the nearest railway station is Akalkot Road, about 6.3 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
Nearest railway station	Akalkot Road	6.3 km
Nearest town	Akalkot	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akkalkot	31 km
District headquarters	Solapur	31 km

Villages closest to Handral

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Akkalkot 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 1,415. That makes it the 76th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,836 residents.

Handral village has 751 males and 664 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handral has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Handral is 413219. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Handral covers 519 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Handral falls under Akkalkot tehsil of Solapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Handral is Akalkot Road, about 6.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 31 km from Solapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handral is in Akkalkot tehsil of Solapur district. Akalkot Road is about 6.3 km away. Akalkot is about 16 km away. Akkalkot is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.