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About Alna Village

Alna is a mid sized village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,610, made up of 810 males and 800 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 785.35 hectares hectares.

Alna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alna village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Baihar
Area (hectares) 785.35 hectares
Population 1,610
Male Population 810
Female Population 800
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 988
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Alna compares

By the 2011 count Alna is the 23rd largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 785.35 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Alna

Alna is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Alna as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Alna from other places

Alna lies about 84 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Bamhani Banjar, about 49 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 Alna
Nearest town Malajkhand 30 km
Tehsil headquarters Baihar 35 km
Nearest railway station Bamhani Banjar 49 km
District headquarters Balaghat 84 km

Villages closest to Alna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alna village had a population of 1,610. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Alna village has 810 males and 800 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alna has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Alna covers 785.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alna falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Alna is Bamhani Banjar, about 49 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Alna.

Alna is about 84 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alna is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Malajkhand is about 30 km away. Baihar is about 35 km away. Bamhani Banjar is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Agantara (4.8 km), Jhamul (5.0 km) and Kukarra (6.3 km).

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

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