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About Halapur Village

Halapur is a mid sized village in Dhamdaha tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 559, made up of 305 males and 254 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 526 hectares hectares.

Halapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halapur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Dhamdaha
Area (hectares) 526 hectares
Population 559
Male Population 305
Female Population 254
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Halapur compares

By the 2011 count Halapur is the 44th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,178 residents. Its 526 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Halapur

Halapur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Halapur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Halapur from other places

Halapur lies about 32 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Sukhsena, about 3.9 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 Halapur
Nearest railway station Sukhsena 3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhamdaha 6.1 km
Nearest town Banmankhi Bazar 11 km
District headquarters Purnia 32 km

Villages closest to Halapur

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

Common questions about Halapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Halapur village had a population of 559. That makes it the 44th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,178 residents.

Halapur village has 305 males and 254 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halapur has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

Halapur covers 526 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Halapur falls under Dhamdaha tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Halapur is Sukhsena, about 3.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Halapur.

Halapur is about 32 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halapur is in Dhamdaha tehsil of Purnia district. Sukhsena is about 3.9 km away. Dhamdaha is about 6.1 km away. Banmankhi Bazar is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Damgari (under 2 km), Khanua (2.6 km) and Bhutia (3.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Halapur today is likely to be higher.

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