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About Updel Village

Updel is a mid sized village in Gazole tehsil, in the district of Maldah, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 743, made up of 391 males and 352 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 332.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 732124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Updel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Updel village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Maldah
Tehsil Gazole
Pincode 732124
Area (hectares) 332.55 hectares
Population 743
Male Population 391
Female Population 352
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 900
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 Updel compares

By the 2011 count Updel is the 138th largest of the 285 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,163 residents. Its 332.55 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Updel

Updel is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Updel 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. The nearest villages by name are Taherpur, Takipur, Tanti Bari and Telihar. 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 Updel

As per the Census of India 2011, Updel village had a population of 743. That makes it the 138th largest of the 285 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,163 residents.

Updel village has 391 males and 352 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Updel has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 984.

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

Updel covers 332.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Updel notes the nearest railway station 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 Updel.

Updel 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 Updel today is likely to be higher.

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