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About Alampur Village

Alampur is a small village in Kandi tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 473, made up of 232 males and 241 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742136, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alampur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Murshidabad
Tehsil Kandi
Pincode 742136
Area (hectares) 117.63 hectares
Population 473
Male Population 232
Female Population 241
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,039
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Alampur compares

By the 2011 count Alampur is the 77th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,638 residents. Its 117.63 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Alampur

Alampur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Alampur as Available within 10+ 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Alampur from other places

Alampur lies about 46 km from Murshidabad, and the nearest railway station is Rampurhat Junction, about 6.9 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 Alampur
Nearest town Rampur Hat 6.7 km
Nearest railway station Rampurhat Junction 6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Kandi 29 km
District headquarters Murshidabad 46 km

Villages closest to Alampur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alampur village had a population of 473. That makes it the 77th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,638 residents.

Alampur village has 232 males and 241 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alampur has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Alampur is 742136. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alampur covers 117.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alampur falls under Kandi tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Alampur is Rampurhat Junction, about 6.9 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 km distance for Alampur.

Alampur is about 46 km from Murshidabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alampur is in Kandi tehsil of Murshidabad district. Rampur Hat is about 6.7 km away. Rampurhat Junction is about 6.9 km away. Kandi is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ranipur (under 2 km), Laharpara (4.6 km) and Dakshin Lakshminarayanpur (5.8 km).

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

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