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About Nalkata Village

Nalkata is a large village in Manu tehsil, in the district of Dhalai, Tripura. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,142, made up of 2,461 males and 1,681 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 683 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1377 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 799275, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nalkata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nalkata village
Description Value
State Tripura
District Dhalai
Tehsil Manu
Pincode 799275
Area (hectares) 1377 hectares
Population 4,142
Male Population 2,461
Female Population 1,681
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 683
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Nalkata compares

By the 2011 count Nalkata is the 7th largest of the 22 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,440 residents. Its 1377 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Nalkata

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

How far is Nalkata from other places

Nalkata lies about 23 km from Dhalai, and the nearest railway station is Nalkata, about under 2 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 Nalkata
Nearest railway station Nalkata under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Manu 6.5 km
District headquarters Dhalai 23 km
Nearest town Kailāshahar 31 km

Villages closest to Nalkata

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nalkata village had a population of 4,142. That makes it the 7th largest of the 22 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,440 residents.

Nalkata village has 2,461 males and 1,681 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nalkata has about 683 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Nalkata is 799275. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nalkata covers 1377 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nalkata falls under Manu tehsil of Dhalai district in Tripura.

The nearest railway station to Nalkata is Nalkata, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Nalkata is about 23 km from Dhalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nalkata is in Manu tehsil of Dhalai district. Nalkata is about under 2 km away. Manu is about 6.5 km away. Dhalai is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Manu (6.5 km), Manu Chhailengta R F (6.5 km) and Chailengta (12 km).

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

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