About Halan Village

Halan is a mid sized village in Damhal Hanjipora tehsil, in the district of Kulgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,479, made up of 757 males and 722 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 954 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.1 hectares hectares.

Halan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kulgam
Tehsil	Damhal Hanjipora
Area (hectares)	93.1 hectares
Population	1,479
Male Population	757
Female Population	722
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	954
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Halan compares

By the 2011 count Halan is the 24th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,136 residents. Its 93.1 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 951.

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 5 - 10 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 Halan from other places

Halan lies about 17 km from Kulgam, and the nearest railway station is Sadura, about 28 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	Damhal Hanjipora	17 km
District headquarters	Kulgam	17 km
Nearest railway station	Sadura	28 km

Villages closest to Halan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Damhal Hanjipora 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.

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Common questions about Halan

As per the Census of India 2011, Halan village had a population of 1,479. That makes it the 24th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,136 residents.

Halan village has 757 males and 722 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halan has about 954 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 951.

Halan covers 93.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Halan falls under Damhal Hanjipora tehsil of Kulgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Halan is Sadura, about 28 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 5 - 10 km distance for Halan.

Halan is about 17 km from Kulgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halan is in Damhal Hanjipora tehsil of Kulgam district. Damhal Hanjipora is about 17 km away. Kulgam is about 17 km away. Sadura is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.