About Jamalpur Village

Jamalpur is a mid sized village in Gazole tehsil, in the district of Maldah, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 811, made up of 395 males and 416 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,053 females per 1000 males. The village covers 175.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 732124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jamalpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jamalpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Maldah
Tehsil	Gazole
Pincode	732124
Area (hectares)	175.48 hectares
Population	811
Male Population	395
Female Population	416
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,053
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jamalpur compares

By the 2011 count Jamalpur is the 123rd largest of the 285 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,163 residents. Its 175.48 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Jamalpur

Jamalpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Jamalpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Jamalpur from other places

Jamalpur lies about 9.7 km from Maldah, and the nearest railway station is Kumarganj, about 2.2 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 Jamalpur
Nearest railway station	Kumarganj	2.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gazole	9.7 km
District headquarters	Maldah	9.7 km
Nearest town	Malda	24 km

Villages closest to Jamalpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jamalpur village had a population of 811. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 285 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,163 residents.

Jamalpur village has 395 males and 416 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jamalpur has about 1053 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

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

Jamalpur covers 175.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Jamalpur is Kumarganj, about 2.2 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 10+ km distance for Jamalpur.

Jamalpur is about 9.7 km from Maldah in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jamalpur is in Gazole tehsil of Maldah district. Kumarganj is about 2.2 km away. Gazole is about 9.7 km away. Maldah is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.