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About Akhara Village

Akhara is a mid sized village in Barama tehsil, in the district of Baksa, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 893, made up of 473 males and 420 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 781340, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akhara village
Description Value
State Assam
District Baksa
Tehsil Barama
Pincode 781340
Area (hectares) 179.06 hectares
Population 893
Male Population 473
Female Population 420
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 888
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Akhara compares

By the 2011 count Akhara is the 32nd largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,545 residents. Its 179.06 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 966.

Getting to Akhara

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

Akhara lies about 8.7 km from Baksa, and the nearest railway station is Kaithalkuchi, about 12 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 Akhara
Tehsil headquarters Barama 3.3 km
District headquarters Baksa 8.7 km
Nearest railway station Kaithalkuchi 12 km
Nearest town Nalbāri 16 km

Villages closest to Akhara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akhara village had a population of 893. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,545 residents.

Akhara village has 473 males and 420 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akhara has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Akhara is 781340. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akhara covers 179.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akhara falls under Barama tehsil of Baksa district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Akhara is Kaithalkuchi, about 12 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Akhara.

Akhara is about 8.7 km from Baksa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akhara is in Barama tehsil of Baksa district. Barama is about 3.3 km away. Baksa is about 8.7 km away. Kaithalkuchi is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kharua (under 2 km), Kharuajan (under 2 km) and Borjhar (3.0 km).

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

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