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About Atgan Village

Atgan is a mid sized village in Gazole tehsil, in the district of Maldah, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 700, made up of 348 males and 352 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 145.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 732124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Atgan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Atgan village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Maldah
Tehsil Gazole
Pincode 732124
Area (hectares) 145.51 hectares
Population 700
Male Population 348
Female Population 352
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Atgan compares

By the 2011 count Atgan is the 147th largest of the 285 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,163 residents. Its 145.51 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Atgan

Atgan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Atgan 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Anantarampur, Arazi Deharul, Arazi Jalsa and Arazi Mishrabati. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Atgan

As per the Census of India 2011, Atgan village had a population of 700. That makes it the 147th largest of the 285 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,163 residents.

Atgan village has 348 males and 352 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Atgan has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Atgan is 732124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Atgan covers 145.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Atgan falls under Gazole tehsil of Maldah district in West Bengal.

The census record for Atgan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 Atgan.

Atgan is in Gazole tehsil of Maldah district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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