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About Halkur Village

Halkur is a small village in Nelamangala tehsil, in the district of Bangalore Rural, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 235, made up of 117 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 264.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 562111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halkur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halkur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bangalore Rural
Tehsil Nelamangala
Pincode 562111
Area (hectares) 264.69 hectares
Population 235
Male Population 117
Female Population 118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,009
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Halkur compares

By the 2011 count Halkur is the 172nd largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 706 residents. Its 264.69 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Halkur

Halkur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Halkur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Halkur from other places

Halkur lies about 31 km from Bangalore Rural, and the nearest railway station is Solur, about 8.5 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 Halkur
Nearest railway station Solur 8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Nelamangala 12 km
District headquarters Bangalore Rural 31 km

Villages closest to Halkur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Halkur village had a population of 235. That makes it the 172nd largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 706 residents.

Halkur village has 117 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halkur has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Halkur is 562111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halkur covers 264.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Halkur falls under Nelamangala tehsil of Bangalore Rural district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Halkur is Solur, about 8.5 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Halkur.

Halkur is about 31 km from Bangalore Rural in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halkur is in Nelamangala tehsil of Bangalore Rural district. Solur is about 8.5 km away. Nelamangala is about 12 km away. Bangalore Rural is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thimmasandra (under 2 km), Arebommanahalli (under 2 km) and Lakkasandra (under 2 km).

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

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