About Alka Village

Alka is a mid sized village in Wadrafnagar tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,436, made up of 740 males and 696 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 809.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497223, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alka village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Wadrafnagar
Pincode	497223
Area (hectares)	809.73 hectares
Population	1,436
Male Population	740
Female Population	696
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Alka compares

By the 2011 count Alka is the 42nd largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,295 residents. Its 809.73 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Alka

Alka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Alka as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Amdiha, Amrawatipur, Asandih and Babhani. 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.

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Common questions about Alka

As per the Census of India 2011, Alka village had a population of 1,436. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,295 residents.

Alka village has 740 males and 696 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alka has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Alka is 497223. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alka covers 809.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Alka falls under Wadrafnagar tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Alka notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Alka.

Alka is in Wadrafnagar tehsil of Surguja district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.