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About Halekosa Village

Halekosa is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,433, made up of 713 males and 720 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 457.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493773, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halekosa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halekosa village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Chhuriya
Pincode 493773
Area (hectares) 457.59 hectares
Population 1,433
Male Population 713
Female Population 720
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,010
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Halekosa compares

By the 2011 count Halekosa is the 17th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 457.59 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Halekosa

Halekosa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Halekosa as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Halekosa from other places

Halekosa lies about 38 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Paniajob, about 18 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 Halekosa
Tehsil headquarters Chhuriya 5.0 km
Nearest railway station Paniajob 18 km
Nearest town Dongargarh 20 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 38 km

Villages closest to Halekosa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Halekosa village had a population of 1,433. That makes it the 17th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Halekosa village has 713 males and 720 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halekosa has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Halekosa is 493773. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halekosa covers 457.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Halekosa falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Halekosa is Paniajob, about 18 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 <5 km distance for Halekosa.

Halekosa is about 38 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halekosa is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 5.0 km away. Paniajob is about 18 km away. Dongargarh is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhandarpur (under 2 km), Barchha Tola (2.4 km) and Shikari Mahka (2.5 km).

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

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