About Alkilwa Village

Alkilwa is a small village in Bishungarh tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 418, made up of 210 males and 208 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 422.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 829112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alkilwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alkilwa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Bishungarh
Pincode	829112
Area (hectares)	422.58 hectares
Population	418
Male Population	210
Female Population	208
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	990
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Alkilwa compares

By the 2011 count Alkilwa is the 67th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,669 residents. Its 422.58 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Alkilwa

Alkilwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Alkilwa 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Alkilwa from other places

Alkilwa lies about 44 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Dumri Bihar, about 11 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 Alkilwa
Nearest railway station	Dumri Bihar	11 km
Nearest town	Gumia	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bishungarh	13 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	44 km

Villages closest to Alkilwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alkilwa village had a population of 418. That makes it the 67th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,669 residents.

Alkilwa village has 210 males and 208 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alkilwa has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Alkilwa is 829112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alkilwa covers 422.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Alkilwa falls under Bishungarh tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Alkilwa is Dumri Bihar, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Alkilwa.

Alkilwa is about 44 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alkilwa is in Bishungarh tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Dumri Bihar is about 11 km away. Gumia is about 12 km away. Bishungarh is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.