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About Alta Village

Alta is a mid sized village in Kamalpur tehsil, in the district of Kamrup, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,040, made up of 544 males and 496 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 243.57 hectares hectares.

Alta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alta village
Description Value
State Assam
District Kamrup
Tehsil Kamalpur
Area (hectares) 243.57 hectares
Population 1,040
Male Population 544
Female Population 496
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 912
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Alta compares

By the 2011 count Alta is the 76th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,457 residents. Its 243.57 hectares work out to about 4.3 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 938.

Getting to Alta

Alta 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 Alta 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Alta from other places

Alta lies about 30 km from Kamrup, and the nearest railway station is Guwahati, about under 2 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 Alta
Nearest railway station Guwahati under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Kamalpur 20 km
District headquarters Kamrup 30 km

Villages closest to Alta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alta village had a population of 1,040. That makes it the 76th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,457 residents.

Alta village has 544 males and 496 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alta has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 938.

Alta covers 243.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alta falls under Kamalpur tehsil of Kamrup district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Alta is Guwahati, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Alta.

Alta is about 30 km from Kamrup in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alta is in Kamalpur tehsil of Kamrup district. Guwahati is about under 2 km away. Kamalpur is about 20 km away. Kamrup is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Athagaon (1.7 km), Gog (4.6 km) and Bamungaon (8.0 km).

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

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