About Halgona Village

Halgona is a mid sized village in Chiknayakanhalli tehsil, in the district of Tumkur, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 548, made up of 277 males and 271 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 455.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 572214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halgona Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halgona village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Tehsil	Chiknayakanhalli
Pincode	572214
Area (hectares)	455.37 hectares
Population	548
Male Population	277
Female Population	271
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	978
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Halgona compares

By the 2011 count Halgona is the 113th largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 455.37 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Halgona

Halgona is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Halgona 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Halgona from other places

Halgona lies about 50 km from Tumkur, and the nearest railway station is Banasandra, about 7.7 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 Halgona
Nearest railway station	Banasandra	7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chiknayakanhalli	9.6 km
Nearest town	Chiknāyakanhalli	9.6 km
District headquarters	Tumkur	50 km

Villages closest to Halgona

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Halgona village had a population of 548. That makes it the 113th largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Halgona village has 277 males and 271 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halgona has about 978 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 997.

The pincode recorded for Halgona is 572214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halgona covers 455.37 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.

Halgona falls under Chiknayakanhalli tehsil of Tumkur district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Halgona is Banasandra, about 7.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Halgona.

Halgona is about 50 km from Tumkur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halgona is in Chiknayakanhalli tehsil of Tumkur district. Banasandra is about 7.7 km away. Chiknayakanhalli is about 9.6 km away. Chiknāyakanhalli is about 9.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.