About Alichak Village

Alichak is a small village in Kharagpur I tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 219, made up of 113 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alichak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alichak village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Kharagpur I
Pincode	721301
Area (hectares)	41.77 hectares
Population	219
Male Population	113
Female Population	106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
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 Alichak compares

By the 2011 count Alichak is the 178th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 732 residents. Its 41.77 hectares work out to about 5.2 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 983.

Getting to Alichak

Alichak is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Alichak 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Alichak from other places

Alichak lies about 13 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Balichak, about under 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 Alichak
Nearest railway station	Balichak	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kharagpur I	13 km
District headquarters	Paschim Medinipur	13 km
Nearest town	Kharagpur	24 km

Villages closest to Alichak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kharagpur I 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 Alichak

As per the Census of India 2011, Alichak village had a population of 219. That makes it the 178th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 732 residents.

Alichak village has 113 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alichak has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Alichak is 721301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alichak covers 41.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alichak falls under Kharagpur I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Alichak is Balichak, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 Alichak.

Alichak is about 13 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alichak is in Kharagpur I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Balichak is about under 2 km away. Kharagpur I is about 13 km away. Paschim Medinipur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.