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About Halwanta Kalan Village

Halwanta Kalan is a mid sized village in Nagaruntari tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,770, made up of 943 males and 827 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 164.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halwanta Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halwanta Kalan village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Garhwa
Tehsil Nagaruntari
Pincode 822121
Area (hectares) 164.96 hectares
Population 1,770
Male Population 943
Female Population 827
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 877
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Halwanta Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Halwanta Kalan is the 19th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,389 residents. Its 164.96 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 931.

Getting to Halwanta Kalan

Halwanta Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Halwanta Kalan 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Halwanta Kalan from other places

Halwanta Kalan lies about 40 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Wyndhamganj, about 3.3 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 Halwanta Kalan
Nearest railway station Wyndhamganj 3.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Nagaruntari 6.3 km
District headquarters Garhwa 40 km

Villages closest to Halwanta Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nagaruntari 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 Halwanta Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Halwanta Kalan village had a population of 1,770. That makes it the 19th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,389 residents.

Halwanta Kalan village has 943 males and 827 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halwanta Kalan has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 931.

The pincode recorded for Halwanta Kalan is 822121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halwanta Kalan covers 164.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Halwanta Kalan falls under Nagaruntari tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Halwanta Kalan is Wyndhamganj, about 3.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Halwanta Kalan.

Halwanta Kalan is about 40 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halwanta Kalan is in Nagaruntari tehsil of Garhwa district. Wyndhamganj is about 3.3 km away. Nagaruntari is about 6.3 km away. Garhwa is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Halwanta Khurd (under 2 km), Bilaspur (under 2 km) and Jamui (1.5 km).

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

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