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- LGD code
- 562812
- Pincode
- 413219
- Post office
- Karajagi (Solapur)
- Population
- 1,415
- Households
- 252
- Literacy rate
- 63.4%
- Sex ratio
- 884 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 601
- Distance to district centre
- 68 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 375 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 248 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dharashiv · 42 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rural Hospital, Lohara · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Handral compares
By population, Handral ranks #74 of 133 villages in Akkalkot mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.4%
+3.7% vs mandal average
Handral63.4%
Akkalkot mandal59.7%
Solapur district67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
884
−58 vs mandal average
Handral884
Akkalkot mandal942
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.3 vs mandal average
Handral5.6
Akkalkot mandal5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Handral at a glance
Handral is a village of 1,415 people in 252 households (Census 2011) in Akkalkot taluka, Solapur district, Maharashtra, the 74th-largest of 133 villages in Akkalkot taluka. Literacy is 63%, 4 points above the taluka average of 60% and the sex ratio is 884 women per 1,000 men. It lies 68 km from the Solapur district centre, 25 km from Bembli, the nearest town, 42 km from Dharashiv railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 413219, served by Karajagi (Solapur) post office; the LGD village code is 562812. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Lohara, 13 km away. The village votes in Tuljapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ranajagjitsinha Padmasinha Patil. The population is estimated at 1,668 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Handral
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- AKKALKOT
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 4
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 519
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 322
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Handral
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Key facts — Handral
- LGD code
- 562812
- Pincode
- 413219
- Post office
- Karajagi (Solapur)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,415
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,668
- Households
- 252
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 884
- Literacy rate
- 63.4%
- Coordinates
- 17.91296°N, 76.21610°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Osmanabad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Tuljapur
- Member of Parliament
- Omprakash Rajenimbalkar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ranajagjitsinha Padmasinha Patil
- Block / Mandal
- Akkalkot
Getting there
How to reach Handral
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai375 kmcapital
- Hyderabad248 km
- Bengaluru569 km
- Chennai691 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDharashiv42 km
- Hospital / PHCRural Hospital, Lohara13 km
- ATM / bankSBI Osmanabad36 km
- Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum17 km
- CollegeTerna College of Education, Osmanabad30 km
- Police stationAnandnagar Police Station37 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)