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About Halna Village

Halna is a small village in Rajgarhi tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 282, made up of 145 males and 137 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halna village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Uttarkashi
Tehsil Rajgarhi
Pincode 249141
Area (hectares) 67.52 hectares
Population 282
Male Population 145
Female Population 137
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 945
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Halna compares

By the 2011 count Halna is the 93rd largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 353 residents. Its 67.52 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Halna

Halna is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Halna as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Halna from other places

Halna lies about 19 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 66 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 Halna
Tehsil headquarters Rajgarhi 5.4 km
District headquarters Uttarkashi 19 km
Nearest town Mussoorie 50 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 66 km

Villages closest to Halna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Halna village had a population of 282. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 353 residents.

Halna village has 145 males and 137 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halna has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Halna is 249141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halna covers 67.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Halna falls under Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Halna is Dehradun, about 66 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Halna.

Halna is about 19 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halna is in Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Rajgarhi is about 5.4 km away. Uttarkashi is about 19 km away. Mussoorie is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gadoli (under 2 km), Khanera (under 2 km) and Kuthnaur (1.8 km).

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

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