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About Algana Village

Algana is a mid sized village in Kako tehsil, in the district of Jehanabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,645, made up of 874 males and 771 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168 hectares hectares.

Algana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Algana village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Jehanabad
Tehsil Kako
Area (hectares) 168 hectares
Population 1,645
Male Population 874
Female Population 771
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 882
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Algana compares

By the 2011 count Algana is the 38th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,891 residents. Its 168 hectares work out to about 9.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 928.

Getting to Algana

The census records public bus service for Algana as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Algana from other places

Algana lies about 5.6 km from Kako, and the nearest railway station is Jehanabad, about 1.9 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 Algana
Nearest railway station Jehanabad 1.9 km
Nearest town Jahānābād 3.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Kako 5.6 km

Villages closest to Algana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Algana village had a population of 1,645. That makes it the 38th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,891 residents.

Algana village has 874 males and 771 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Algana has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 928.

Algana covers 168 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Algana falls under Kako tehsil of Jehanabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Algana is Jehanabad, about 1.9 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 <5 km distance for Algana.

Algana is about 5.6 km from Kako in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Algana is in Kako tehsil of Jehanabad district. Jehanabad is about 1.9 km away. Jahānābād is about 3.0 km away. Kako is about 5.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Misir Bigha (under 2 km), Ainwan (under 2 km) and Nadianwan (under 2 km).

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

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