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About Halkata Village

Halkata is a small village in Purbi Tundi tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 457, made up of 243 males and 214 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 123.08 hectares hectares.

Halkata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halkata village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dhanbad
Tehsil Purbi Tundi
Area (hectares) 123.08 hectares
Population 457
Male Population 243
Female Population 214
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 881
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Halkata compares

By the 2011 count Halkata is the 44th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 636 residents. Its 123.08 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Halkata

Halkata is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Halkata as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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. The nearest villages by name are Gethibera, Ghosaldi, Ghurnibera and Golmara. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Halkata

As per the Census of India 2011, Halkata village had a population of 457. That makes it the 44th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 636 residents.

Halkata village has 243 males and 214 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halkata has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Halkata covers 123.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Halkata falls under Purbi Tundi tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Halkata notes the nearest railway station 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 5 - 10 km distance for Halkata.

Halkata is in Purbi Tundi tehsil of Dhanbad district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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