About Halmad Village

Halmad is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 255, made up of 128 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 992 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halmad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halmad village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	67.6 hectares
Population	255
Male Population	128
Female Population	127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	992
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Halmad compares

By the 2011 count Halmad is the 112th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 67.6 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Halmad

Halmad is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Halmad as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Halmad from other places

Halmad lies about 28 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Sonua, about 16 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 Halmad
Nearest railway station	Sonua	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bandgaon	19 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	23 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	28 km

Villages closest to Halmad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Halmad village had a population of 255. That makes it the 112th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Halmad village has 128 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halmad has about 992 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Halmad is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halmad covers 67.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Halmad falls under Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Halmad is Sonua, about 16 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Halmad.

Halmad is about 28 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halmad is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Sonua is about 16 km away. Bandgaon is about 19 km away. Chakradharpur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.