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About Aligar Village

Aligar is a mid sized village in Rajnagar tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,103, made up of 557 males and 546 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 654.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731130, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Aligar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Aligar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Rajnagar
Pincode 731130
Area (hectares) 654.38 hectares
Population 1,103
Male Population 557
Female Population 546
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 980
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Aligar compares

By the 2011 count Aligar is the 17th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 735 residents. Its 654.38 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 982.

Getting to Aligar

Aligar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Aligar as Available within <5 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 Aligar from other places

Aligar lies about 25 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Gadadharpur, about 8.7 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 Aligar
Nearest railway station Gadadharpur 8.7 km
Nearest town Sainthia 13 km
District headquarters Birbhum 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Rajnagar 33 km

Villages closest to Aligar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Aligar village had a population of 1,103. That makes it the 17th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 735 residents.

Aligar village has 557 males and 546 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Aligar has about 980 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 982.

The pincode recorded for Aligar is 731130. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Aligar covers 654.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Aligar falls under Rajnagar tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Aligar is Gadadharpur, about 8.7 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Aligar.

Aligar is about 25 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Aligar is in Rajnagar tehsil of Birbhum district. Gadadharpur is about 8.7 km away. Sainthia is about 13 km away. Birbhum is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Azimnagar (under 2 km), Deoanganja (3.2 km) and Tentulia Bandh (4.6 km).

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

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