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About Ahira Village

Ahira is a small village in Sankrail tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 383, made up of 209 males and 174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 82.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721135, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ahira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ahira village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Sankrail
Pincode 721135
Area (hectares) 82.22 hectares
Population 383
Male Population 209
Female Population 174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ahira compares

By the 2011 count Ahira is the 112th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 466 residents. Its 82.22 hectares work out to about 4.7 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 993.

Getting to Ahira

Ahira is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ahira as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Ahira from other places

Ahira lies about 65 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Uluberia, about 2.6 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 Ahira
Nearest railway station Uluberia 2.6 km
Nearest town Uluberiya 3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Sankrail 18 km
District headquarters Paschim Medinipur 65 km

Villages closest to Ahira

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ahira village had a population of 383. That makes it the 112th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 466 residents.

Ahira village has 209 males and 174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ahira has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Ahira is 721135. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ahira covers 82.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ahira falls under Sankrail tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Ahira is Uluberia, about 2.6 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Ahira.

Ahira is about 65 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ahira is in Sankrail tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Uluberia is about 2.6 km away. Uluberiya is about 3.1 km away. Sankrail is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Durgapur (6.3 km), Sardar Pakuria (9.8 km) and Chanda (11 km).

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

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