About Akaya Village

Akaya is a large village in Jalah tehsil, in the district of Baksa, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,664, made up of 1,343 males and 1,321 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 367.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 781329, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akaya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akaya village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Baksa
Tehsil	Jalah
Pincode	781329
Area (hectares)	367.68 hectares
Population	2,664
Male Population	1,343
Female Population	1,321
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Akaya compares

By the 2011 count Akaya is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,163 residents. Its 367.68 hectares work out to about 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Akaya

Akaya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akaya 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akaya from other places

Akaya lies about 34 km from Baksa, and the nearest railway station is Ghograpar, about 8.6 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 Akaya
Nearest railway station	Ghograpar	8.6 km
Nearest town	Rangia	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jalah	23 km
District headquarters	Baksa	34 km

Villages closest to Akaya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akaya village had a population of 2,664. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,163 residents.

Akaya village has 1,343 males and 1,321 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akaya has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Akaya is 781329. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akaya covers 367.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Akaya falls under Jalah tehsil of Baksa district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Akaya is Ghograpar, about 8.6 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Akaya.

Akaya is about 34 km from Baksa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akaya is in Jalah tehsil of Baksa district. Ghograpar is about 8.6 km away. Rangia is about 10 km away. Jalah is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.