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About Halakanhalu Village

Halakanhalu is a mid sized village in Channagiri tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 563, made up of 279 males and 284 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 717.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577213, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halakanhalu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halakanhalu village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Davanagere
Tehsil Channagiri
Pincode 577213
Area (hectares) 717.35 hectares
Population 563
Male Population 279
Female Population 284
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,018
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Halakanhalu compares

By the 2011 count Halakanhalu is the 141st largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents. Its 717.35 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 983.

Getting to Halakanhalu

Halakanhalu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Halakanhalu 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 Halakanhalu from other places

Halakanhalu lies about 57 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Ramagiri, about 17 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 Halakanhalu
Tehsil headquarters Channagiri 8.9 km
Nearest railway station Ramagiri 17 km
District headquarters Davanagere 57 km

Villages closest to Halakanhalu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Halakanhalu village had a population of 563. That makes it the 141st largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents.

Halakanhalu village has 279 males and 284 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halakanhalu has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Halakanhalu is 577213. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halakanhalu covers 717.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Halakanhalu falls under Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Halakanhalu is Ramagiri, about 17 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 Halakanhalu.

Halakanhalu is about 57 km from Davanagere in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halakanhalu is in Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district. Channagiri is about 8.9 km away. Ramagiri is about 17 km away. Davanagere is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maravanji (under 2 km), Pandomatti (1.6 km) and Mavinahole (3.3 km).

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

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