About Halga Village

Halga is a mid sized village in Bishrampur tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 629, made up of 330 males and 299 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Bishrampur
Pincode	822116
Area (hectares)	136 hectares
Population	629
Male Population	330
Female Population	299
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	906
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 Halga compares

By the 2011 count Halga is the 35th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,072 residents. Its 136 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Halga

Halga is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Halga 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Halga from other places

Halga lies about 18 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Jarangdih, about 11 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 Halga
Nearest town	Kathhāra	10 km
Nearest railway station	Jarangdih	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bishrampur	18 km
District headquarters	Palamu	18 km

Villages closest to Halga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Halga village had a population of 629. That makes it the 35th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,072 residents.

Halga village has 330 males and 299 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halga has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Halga is 822116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halga covers 136 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Halga falls under Bishrampur tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Halga is Jarangdih, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance for Halga.

Halga is about 18 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halga is in Bishrampur tehsil of Palamu district. Kathhāra is about 10 km away. Jarangdih is about 11 km away. Bishrampur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.