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About Alikpur Village

Alikpur is a mid sized village in Beldanga II tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 972, made up of 528 males and 444 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 841 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742405, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alikpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Murshidabad
Tehsil Beldanga II
Pincode 742405
Area (hectares) 168.27 hectares
Population 972
Male Population 528
Female Population 444
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 841
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Alikpur compares

By the 2011 count Alikpur is the 54th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,106 residents. Its 168.27 hectares work out to about 5.8 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 936.

Getting to Alikpur

The census records public bus service for Alikpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Alikpur from other places

Alikpur lies about 28 km from Murshidabad, and the nearest railway station is Lohapur, about 18 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 Alikpur
Nearest railway station Lohapur 18 km
Nearest town Kāndi 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Beldanga II 28 km
District headquarters Murshidabad 28 km

Villages closest to Alikpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Beldanga II 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.

Common questions about Alikpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Alikpur village had a population of 972. That makes it the 54th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,106 residents.

Alikpur village has 528 males and 444 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alikpur has about 841 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

The pincode recorded for Alikpur is 742405. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alikpur covers 168.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alikpur falls under Beldanga II tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Alikpur is Lohapur, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Alikpur.

Alikpur is about 28 km from Murshidabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alikpur is in Beldanga II tehsil of Murshidabad district. Lohapur is about 18 km away. Kāndi is about 21 km away. Beldanga II is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amarpur (4.1 km), Chak Rangapara (4.7 km) and Manganpara (4.7 km).

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

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