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About Halhu Village

Halhu is a mid sized village in Nagri tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,014, made up of 511 males and 503 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 442 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halhu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halhu village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Ranchi
Tehsil Nagri
Pincode 835303
Area (hectares) 442 hectares
Population 1,014
Male Population 511
Female Population 503
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 984
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 Halhu compares

By the 2011 count Halhu is the 23rd largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents. Its 442 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 1000.

Getting to Halhu

Halhu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Halhu 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 Halhu from other places

Halhu lies about 13 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Lodhma, about 5.9 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 Halhu
Tehsil headquarters Nagri 5.8 km
Nearest railway station Lodhma 5.9 km
District headquarters Ranchi 13 km

Villages closest to Halhu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Halhu village had a population of 1,014. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents.

Halhu village has 511 males and 503 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halhu has about 984 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 1000.

The pincode recorded for Halhu is 835303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halhu covers 442 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Halhu falls under Nagri tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Halhu is Lodhma, about 5.9 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 Halhu.

Halhu is about 13 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halhu is in Nagri tehsil of Ranchi district. Nagri is about 5.8 km away. Lodhma is about 5.9 km away. Ranchi is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Singhpur (under 2 km), Kenke (1.7 km) and Bandheya (2.2 km).

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

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