About Halcher Village

Halcher is a large village in Chincholi tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,299, made up of 1,124 males and 1,175 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1650.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585324, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halcher Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halcher village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Chincholi
Pincode	585324
Area (hectares)	1650.46 hectares
Population	2,299
Male Population	1,124
Female Population	1,175
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,045
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Halcher compares

By the 2011 count Halcher is the 29th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,749 residents. Its 1650.46 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 1013.

Getting to Halcher

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

Halcher lies about 43 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Sedam, about 19 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 Halcher
Nearest railway station	Sedam	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chincholi	22 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	43 km

Villages closest to Halcher

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Halcher village had a population of 2,299. That makes it the 29th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,749 residents.

Halcher village has 1,124 males and 1,175 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halcher has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Halcher is 585324. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halcher covers 1650.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Halcher falls under Chincholi tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Halcher is Sedam, about 19 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 village for Halcher.

Halcher is about 43 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halcher is in Chincholi tehsil of Gulbarga district. Sedam is about 19 km away. Chincholi is about 22 km away. Gulbarga is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.