About Aluan Village

Aluan is a mid sized village in Contai III tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 649, made up of 343 males and 306 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Aluan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Aluan village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Tehsil	Contai III
Pincode	721449
Area (hectares)	40.59 hectares
Population	649
Male Population	343
Female Population	306
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Aluan compares

By the 2011 count Aluan is the 87th largest of the 166 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 951 residents. Its 40.59 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Aluan

Aluan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Aluan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Adampur, Alampur, Amratalia and Bagha Danri. 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.

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Common questions about Aluan

As per the Census of India 2011, Aluan village had a population of 649. That makes it the 87th largest of the 166 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 951 residents.

Aluan village has 343 males and 306 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Aluan has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Aluan is 721449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Aluan covers 40.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Aluan falls under Contai III tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Aluan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Aluan.

Aluan is in Contai III tehsil of Purba Medinipur 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.