About Ahera Village

Ahera is a small village in Tapan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 317, made up of 166 males and 151 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ahera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ahera village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil	Tapan
Pincode	733127
Area (hectares)	88.86 hectares
Population	317
Male Population	166
Female Population	151
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ahera compares

By the 2011 count Ahera is the 221st largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 924 residents. Its 88.86 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Ahera

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

Ahera lies about 143 km from Dakshin Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Nalhati Junction, about 3.6 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 Ahera
Nearest town	Nalhāti	2.7 km
Nearest railway station	Nalhati Junction	3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tapan	10 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Dinajpur	143 km

Villages closest to Ahera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ahera village had a population of 317. That makes it the 221st largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 924 residents.

Ahera village has 166 males and 151 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ahera has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Ahera is 733127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ahera covers 88.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ahera falls under Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Ahera is Nalhati Junction, about 3.6 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Ahera.

Ahera is about 143 km from Dakshin Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ahera is in Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. Nalhāti is about 2.7 km away. Nalhati Junction is about 3.6 km away. Tapan is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.