About Halhalia Village

Halhalia is a large village in Forbesganj tehsil, in the district of Araria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,524, made up of 1,358 males and 1,166 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 216 hectares hectares.

Halhalia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halhalia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Araria
Tehsil	Forbesganj
Area (hectares)	216 hectares
Population	2,524
Male Population	1,358
Female Population	1,166
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	859
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Halhalia compares

By the 2011 count Halhalia is the 47th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,626 residents. Its 216 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Halhalia

Halhalia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Halhalia as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Halhalia from other places

Halhalia lies about 18 km from Araria, and the nearest railway station is Simraha, about 4.7 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 Halhalia
Nearest railway station	Simraha	4.7 km
Nearest town	Shahbazpur	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Forbesganj	12 km
District headquarters	Araria	18 km

Villages closest to Halhalia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Halhalia village had a population of 2,524. That makes it the 47th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,626 residents.

Halhalia village has 1,358 males and 1,166 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halhalia has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

Halhalia covers 216 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Halhalia falls under Forbesganj tehsil of Araria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Halhalia is Simraha, about 4.7 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Halhalia.

Halhalia is about 18 km from Araria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halhalia is in Forbesganj tehsil of Araria district. Simraha is about 4.7 km away. Shahbazpur is about 10 km away. Forbesganj is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.