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About Halaval Village

Halaval is a large village in Kankavli tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,077, made up of 1,016 males and 1,061 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,044 females per 1000 males. The village covers 774.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416602, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halaval Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halaval village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Sindhudurg
Tehsil Kankavli
Pincode 416602
Area (hectares) 774.7 hectares
Population 2,077
Male Population 1,016
Female Population 1,061
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,044
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Halaval compares

By the 2011 count Halaval is the 13th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents. Its 774.7 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Halaval

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

How far is Halaval from other places

Halaval lies about 34 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Kudal, about 7.1 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 Halaval
Nearest railway station Kudal 7.1 km
Nearest town Sāvantvādi 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Kankavli 31 km
District headquarters Sindhudurg 34 km

Villages closest to Halaval

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Halaval village had a population of 2,077. That makes it the 13th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,062 residents.

Halaval village has 1,016 males and 1,061 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halaval has about 1044 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Halaval is 416602. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halaval covers 774.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Halaval falls under Kankavli tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Halaval is Kudal, about 7.1 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 5 - 10 km distance for Halaval.

Halaval is about 34 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halaval is in Kankavli tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Kudal is about 7.1 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 25 km away. Kankavli is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jambhalgaon (12 km), Pimpalgaon (15 km) and Ozaram (19 km).

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

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