About Albandha Village

Albandha is a large village in Bolpur Sriniketan tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,087, made up of 1,077 males and 1,010 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 348.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Albandha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Albandha village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Bolpur Sriniketan
Pincode	731204
Area (hectares)	348.54 hectares
Population	2,087
Male Population	1,077
Female Population	1,010
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Albandha compares

By the 2011 count Albandha is the 28th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,220 residents. Its 348.54 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Albandha

Albandha is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Albandha as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Albandha from other places

Albandha lies about 2.8 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Rampurhat Junction, about 2.6 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 Albandha
Nearest railway station	Rampurhat Junction	2.6 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bolpur Sriniketan	2.8 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	2.8 km

Villages closest to Albandha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bolpur Sriniketan 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 Albandha

As per the Census of India 2011, Albandha village had a population of 2,087. That makes it the 28th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,220 residents.

Albandha village has 1,077 males and 1,010 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Albandha has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Albandha is 731204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Albandha covers 348.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Albandha falls under Bolpur Sriniketan tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Albandha is Rampurhat Junction, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Albandha is about 2.8 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Albandha is in Bolpur Sriniketan tehsil of Birbhum district. Rampurhat Junction is about 2.6 km away. Rampur Hat is about 2.7 km away. Bolpur Sriniketan is about 2.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.