About Halidana Village

Halidana is a mid sized village in Tapan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 888, made up of 416 males and 472 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,135 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Halidana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Halidana village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil	Tapan
Pincode	733127
Area (hectares)	163.17 hectares
Population	888
Male Population	416
Female Population	472
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,135
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Halidana compares

By the 2011 count Halidana is the 89th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 924 residents. Its 163.17 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Halidana

Halidana is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Halidana as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Halidana from other places

Halidana lies about 158 km from Dakshin Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Adalpahari, about 4.0 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 Halidana
Nearest railway station	Adalpahari	4.0 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tapan	12 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Dinajpur	158 km

Villages closest to Halidana

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Halidana

As per the Census of India 2011, Halidana village had a population of 888. That makes it the 89th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 924 residents.

Halidana village has 416 males and 472 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Halidana has about 1135 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Halidana is 733127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Halidana covers 163.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Halidana falls under Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Halidana is Adalpahari, about 4.0 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Halidana.

Halidana is about 158 km from Dakshin Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Halidana is in Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. Adalpahari is about 4.0 km away. Rampur Hat is about 4.6 km away. Tapan is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.