About Halkar Village

Halkar is a mid sized village in Kumta tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,079, made up of 566 males and 513 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581343, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halkar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halkar village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Kumta
Pincode	581343
Area (hectares)	199.35 hectares
Population	1,079
Male Population	566
Female Population	513
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	906
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Halkar compares

By the 2011 count Halkar is the 34th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 199.35 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Halkar

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

Halkar lies about 28 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Kumta, about 2.0 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 Halkar
Nearest railway station	Kumta	2.0 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	28 km

Villages closest to Halkar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Halkar village had a population of 1,079. That makes it the 34th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Halkar village has 566 males and 513 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halkar has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Halkar is 581343. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halkar covers 199.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Halkar falls under Kumta tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Halkar is Kumta, about 2.0 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 10+ km distance for Halkar.

Halkar is about 28 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halkar is in Kumta tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Kumta is about 2.0 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.