About Alangkera Village

Alangkera is a mid sized village in Palkot tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,430, made up of 711 males and 719 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 943 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alangkera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alangkera village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Palkot
Pincode	835207
Area (hectares)	943 hectares
Population	1,430
Male Population	711
Female Population	719
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,011
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Alangkera compares

By the 2011 count Alangkera is the 15th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,116 residents. Its 943 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Alangkera

Alangkera is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Alangkera as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Alangkera from other places

Alangkera lies about 20 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Pokla, about 27 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 Alangkera
Tehsil headquarters	Palkot	6.4 km
District headquarters	Gumla	20 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	20 km
Nearest railway station	Pokla	27 km

Villages closest to Alangkera

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

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Common questions about Alangkera

As per the Census of India 2011, Alangkera village had a population of 1,430. That makes it the 15th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,116 residents.

Alangkera village has 711 males and 719 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alangkera has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Alangkera is 835207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alangkera covers 943 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Alangkera falls under Palkot tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Alangkera is Pokla, about 27 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Alangkera.

Alangkera is about 20 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alangkera is in Palkot tehsil of Gumla district. Palkot is about 6.4 km away. Gumla is about 20 km away. Gumlā is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.