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About Halkoda Village

Halkoda is a mid sized village in Chincholi tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 899, made up of 446 males and 453 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 746.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585320, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halkoda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halkoda village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Gulbarga
Tehsil Chincholi
Pincode 585320
Area (hectares) 746.47 hectares
Population 899
Male Population 446
Female Population 453
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,016
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Halkoda compares

By the 2011 count Halkoda is the 96th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,749 residents. Its 746.47 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Halkoda

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

Halkoda lies about 60 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Nawandgi, about 4.5 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 Halkoda
Nearest railway station Nawandgi 4.5 km
Nearest town Sedam 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Chincholi 25 km
District headquarters Gulbarga 60 km

Villages closest to Halkoda

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.

Common questions about Halkoda

As per the Census of India 2011, Halkoda village had a population of 899. That makes it the 96th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,749 residents.

Halkoda village has 446 males and 453 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halkoda has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Halkoda is 585320. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halkoda covers 746.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Halkoda falls under Chincholi tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Halkoda is Nawandgi, about 4.5 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 - 10 km distance for Halkoda.

Halkoda is about 60 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halkoda is in Chincholi tehsil of Gulbarga district. Nawandgi is about 4.5 km away. Sedam is about 13 km away. Chincholi is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tirmalapur (1.9 km), Potangal (2.9 km) and Venkatapur (4.0 km).

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

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