About Hakala Village

Hakala is a large village in Sahid Matangini tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,487, made up of 1,284 males and 1,203 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721137, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Hakala compares

By the 2011 count Hakala is the 31st largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,254 residents. Its 85.68 hectares work out to about 29 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Hakala

Hakala is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Hakala 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 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Ghora Thakura, Gobindapur, Gobra and Gujar Kharai. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.