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About Halsidar Village

Halsidar is a large village in Dooru tehsil, in the district of Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,722, made up of 1,938 males and 1,784 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 242 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 192212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halsidar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halsidar village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Anantnag
Tehsil Dooru
Pincode 192212
Area (hectares) 242 hectares
Population 3,722
Male Population 1,938
Female Population 1,784
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 921
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Halsidar compares

By the 2011 count Halsidar is the 15th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,731 residents. Its 242 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Halsidar

Halsidar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Halsidar 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Halsidar from other places

Halsidar lies about 33 km from Anantnag, and the nearest railway station is Banihal, about 14 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 Halsidar
Nearest town Dooru Verinag 14 km
Nearest railway station Banihal 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Dooru 33 km
District headquarters Anantnag 33 km

Villages closest to Halsidar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Halsidar village had a population of 3,722. That makes it the 15th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,731 residents.

Halsidar village has 1,938 males and 1,784 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halsidar has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Halsidar is 192212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halsidar covers 242 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Halsidar falls under Dooru tehsil of Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Halsidar is Banihal, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Halsidar.

Halsidar is about 33 km from Anantnag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halsidar is in Dooru tehsil of Anantnag district. Dooru Verinag is about 14 km away. Banihal is about 14 km away. Dooru is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gochan (10 km), Bona Gund (14 km) and Checki Wan Gund (14 km).

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

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