About Halsidanga Village

Halsidanga is a mid sized village in Illambazar tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 695, made up of 352 males and 343 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 974 females per 1000 males. The village covers 227.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731236, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halsidanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halsidanga village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Illambazar
Pincode	731236
Area (hectares)	227.03 hectares
Population	695
Male Population	352
Female Population	343
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	974
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Halsidanga compares

By the 2011 count Halsidanga is the 84th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,272 residents. Its 227.03 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Halsidanga

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

How far is Halsidanga from other places

Halsidanga lies about 4.5 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Swadinpur, about 3.3 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 Halsidanga
Nearest railway station	Swadinpur	3.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Illambazar	4.5 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	4.5 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	6.3 km

Villages closest to Halsidanga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Halsidanga village had a population of 695. That makes it the 84th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,272 residents.

Halsidanga village has 352 males and 343 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halsidanga has about 974 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Halsidanga is 731236. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halsidanga covers 227.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Halsidanga falls under Illambazar tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Halsidanga is Swadinpur, about 3.3 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 village for Halsidanga.

Halsidanga is about 4.5 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halsidanga is in Illambazar tehsil of Birbhum district. Swadinpur is about 3.3 km away. Illambazar is about 4.5 km away. Birbhum is about 4.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.