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About Halba Village

Halba is a mid sized village in Charama tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,800, made up of 884 males and 916 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 542.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494333, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halba village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Charama
Pincode 494333
Area (hectares) 542.26 hectares
Population 1,800
Male Population 884
Female Population 916
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Halba compares

By the 2011 count Halba is the 8th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 997 residents. Its 542.26 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Halba

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

Halba lies about 38 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtari, about 26 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 Halba
Tehsil headquarters Charama 15 km
Nearest town Kānker 24 km
Nearest railway station Dhamtari 26 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 38 km

Villages closest to Halba

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Halba village had a population of 1,800. That makes it the 8th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 997 residents.

Halba village has 884 males and 916 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halba has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Halba is 494333. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halba covers 542.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Halba falls under Charama tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Halba is Dhamtari, about 26 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 Halba.

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

Halba is in Charama tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Charama is about 15 km away. Kānker is about 24 km away. Dhamtari is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gitpahar (1.8 km), Tikrapara (2.0 km) and Bhanpuri (2.5 km).

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

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