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About Halan Village

Halan is a mid sized village in Ronhat tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,340, made up of 720 males and 620 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 713 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173027, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Sirmaur
Tehsil Ronhat
Pincode 173027
Area (hectares) 713 hectares
Population 1,340
Male Population 720
Female Population 620
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Halan compares

By the 2011 count Halan is the 6th largest of the 22 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents. Its 713 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 877.

Getting to Halan

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

Halan lies about 20 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 53 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 Halan
Tehsil headquarters Ronhat 20 km
District headquarters Sirmaur 20 km
Nearest town Pāonta Sāhib 32 km
Nearest railway station Salogra 53 km

Villages closest to Halan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Halan village had a population of 1,340. That makes it the 6th largest of the 22 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents.

Halan village has 720 males and 620 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halan has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 877.

The pincode recorded for Halan is 173027. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halan covers 713 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Halan falls under Ronhat tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Halan is Salogra, about 53 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Halan.

Halan is about 20 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halan is in Ronhat tehsil of Sirmaur district. Ronhat is about 20 km away. Sirmaur is about 20 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Panog (under 2 km), Tandiyon (2.5 km) and Dev Thal (2.5 km).

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

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