About Apalchand Village

Apalchand is a mid sized village in Mal tehsil, in the district of Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 553, made up of 294 males and 259 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 184.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 735218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Apalchand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Apalchand village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Jalpaiguri
Tehsil	Mal
Pincode	735218
Area (hectares)	184.4 hectares
Population	553
Male Population	294
Female Population	259
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
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 Apalchand compares

By the 2011 count Apalchand is the 88th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,754 residents. Its 184.4 hectares work out to about 3.0 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 962.

Getting to Apalchand

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

Apalchand 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
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

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Apalchand village had a population of 553. That makes it the 88th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,754 residents.

Apalchand village has 294 males and 259 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Apalchand has about 881 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 is 735218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Apalchand covers 184.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

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

Apalchand 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 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.