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About Alinagar Village

Alinagar is a small village in Tapan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 200, made up of 107 males and 93 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alinagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alinagar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Tapan
Pincode 733102
Area (hectares) 93.16 hectares
Population 200
Male Population 107
Female Population 93
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 869
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Alinagar compares

By the 2011 count Alinagar is the 246th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 924 residents. Its 93.16 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 954.

Getting to Alinagar

Alinagar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Alinagar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Alinagar from other places

Alinagar lies about 177 km from Dakshin Dinajpur, 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 Alinagar
Nearest railway station Gadadharpur 8.7 km
Nearest town Sainthia 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Tapan 30 km
District headquarters Dakshin Dinajpur 177 km

Villages closest to Alinagar

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.

Common questions about Alinagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Alinagar village had a population of 200. That makes it the 246th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 924 residents.

Alinagar village has 107 males and 93 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alinagar has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Alinagar is 733102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alinagar covers 93.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Alinagar 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Alinagar.

Alinagar is about 177 km from Dakshin Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alinagar is in Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. Gadadharpur is about 8.7 km away. Sainthia is about 13 km away. Tapan is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Aichanda (2.0 km), Sephalika Chandan (2.0 km) and Shaldanga (5.6 km).

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

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