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About Alipur Village

Alipur is a small village in Colgong tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 262, made up of 147 males and 115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 782 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94 hectares hectares.

Alipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alipur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Bhagalpur
Tehsil Colgong
Area (hectares) 94 hectares
Population 262
Male Population 147
Female Population 115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 782
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Alipur compares

By the 2011 count Alipur is the 110th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,374 residents. Its 94 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 869.

Getting to Alipur

Alipur 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 Alipur as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Alipur from other places

Alipur lies about 21 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Bela, about 5.7 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 Alipur
Nearest railway station Bela 5.7 km
Nearest town Purāini 10 km
District headquarters Bhagalpur 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Colgong 29 km

Villages closest to Alipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alipur village had a population of 262. That makes it the 110th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,374 residents.

Alipur village has 147 males and 115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alipur has about 782 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 869.

Alipur covers 94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alipur falls under Colgong tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Alipur is Bela, about 5.7 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Alipur.

Alipur is about 21 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alipur is in Colgong tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Bela is about 5.7 km away. Purāini is about 10 km away. Bhagalpur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Padampur (2.0 km), Saidpur Bazid (2.6 km) and Mangachak (9.4 km).

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

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