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About Halda Village

Halda is a mid sized village in Bade Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 526, made up of 256 males and 270 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,055 females per 1000 males. The village covers 227.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halda village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bade Rajpur
Pincode 493441
Area (hectares) 227.71 hectares
Population 526
Male Population 256
Female Population 270
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,055
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Halda compares

By the 2011 count Halda is the 51st largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents. Its 227.71 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Halda

Halda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Halda as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Halda from other places

Halda lies about 83 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 76 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 Halda
Tehsil headquarters Bade Rajpur 13 km
Nearest town Kondagaon 44 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 76 km
District headquarters Bastar 83 km

Villages closest to Halda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bade Rajpur 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 Halda

As per the Census of India 2011, Halda village had a population of 526. That makes it the 51st largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents.

Halda village has 256 males and 270 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halda has about 1055 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Halda is 493441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halda covers 227.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Halda falls under Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Halda is Antagarh, about 76 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Halda.

Halda is about 83 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halda is in Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district. Bade Rajpur is about 13 km away. Kondagaon is about 44 km away. Antagarh is about 76 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Titirwand (3.6 km), Taraibeda (5.7 km) and Banskot (6.1 km).

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

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