About Hanskhali Village

Hanskhali is a mid sized village in Mal tehsil, in the district of Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 714, made up of 351 males and 363 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 724.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 735218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hanskhali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hanskhali village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Jalpaiguri
Tehsil	Mal
Pincode	735218
Area (hectares)	724.5 hectares
Population	714
Male Population	351
Female Population	363
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,034
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Hanskhali compares

By the 2011 count Hanskhali is the 87th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,754 residents. Its 724.5 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Hanskhali

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

How far is Hanskhali from other places

Hanskhali lies about 34 km from Jalpaiguri, and the nearest railway station is Bagrakot, about 8.6 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 Hanskhali
Nearest railway station	Bagrakot	8.6 km
Nearest town	Siliguri	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mal	34 km
District headquarters	Jalpaiguri	34 km

Villages closest to Hanskhali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hanskhali village had a population of 714. That makes it the 87th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,754 residents.

Hanskhali village has 351 males and 363 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hanskhali has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Hanskhali is 735218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hanskhali covers 724.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hanskhali falls under Mal tehsil of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Hanskhali is Bagrakot, about 8.6 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 village for Hanskhali.

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

Hanskhali is in Mal tehsil of Jalpaiguri district. Bagrakot is about 8.6 km away. Siliguri is about 18 km away. Mal is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.