About Apalchand Forest Village

Apalchand Forest is a mid sized village in Mal tehsil, in the district of Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,928, made up of 1,023 males and 905 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 5231.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 735218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Apalchand Forest Overview

Census 2011 figures for Apalchand Forest village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Jalpaiguri
Tehsil	Mal
Pincode	735218
Area (hectares)	5231.8 hectares
Population	1,928
Male Population	1,023
Female Population	905
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Apalchand Forest compares

By the 2011 count Apalchand Forest is the 63rd largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,754 residents. Its 5231.8 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Apalchand Forest

Apalchand Forest is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Apalchand Forest as Available within 5 - 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 Apalchand Forest from other places

Apalchand Forest lies about 26 km from Jalpaiguri, and the nearest railway station is Neoranadi, about 13 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 Apalchand Forest
Nearest railway station	Neoranadi	13 km
Nearest town	Siliguri	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mal	26 km
District headquarters	Jalpaiguri	26 km

Villages closest to Apalchand Forest

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mal 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 Apalchand Forest

As per the Census of India 2011, Apalchand Forest village had a population of 1,928. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,754 residents.

Apalchand Forest village has 1,023 males and 905 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Apalchand Forest has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Apalchand Forest is 735218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Apalchand Forest covers 5231.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Apalchand Forest falls under Mal tehsil of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Apalchand Forest is Neoranadi, about 13 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Apalchand Forest.

Apalchand Forest is about 26 km from Jalpaiguri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Apalchand Forest is in Mal tehsil of Jalpaiguri district. Neoranadi is about 13 km away. Siliguri is about 19 km away. Mal is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.