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About Alampur Village

Alampur is a mid sized village in Baruipur tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 730, made up of 385 males and 345 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743387, 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 South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Baruipur
Pincode 743387
Area (hectares) 77.43 hectares
Population 730
Male Population 385
Female Population 345
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Alampur compares

By the 2011 count Alampur is the 110th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,589 residents. Its 77.43 hectares work out to about 9.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Alampur

The census records public bus service for Alampur as Available within <5 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 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 17 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Dhapdhapi, 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 Alampur
Nearest railway station Dhapdhapi under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Baruipur 6.8 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 17 km

Villages closest to Alampur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baruipur 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 730. That makes it the 110th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,589 residents.

Alampur village has 385 males and 345 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alampur has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Alampur is 743387. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alampur covers 77.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Alampur falls under Baruipur tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Alampur is Dhapdhapi, about under 2 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 - 10 km distance for Alampur.

Alampur is about 17 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alampur is in Baruipur tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Dhapdhapi is about under 2 km away. Baruipur is about 6.8 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Teka (under 2 km), Chandkhali (under 2 km) and Surjapur (under 2 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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