About Akhgaon Village

Akhgaon is a large village in Sandesh tehsil, in the district of Bhojpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,094, made up of 1,626 males and 1,468 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 297 hectares hectares.

Akhgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akhgaon village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhojpur
Tehsil	Sandesh
Area (hectares)	297 hectares
Population	3,094
Male Population	1,626
Female Population	1,468
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	903
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Akhgaon compares

By the 2011 count Akhgaon is the 14th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,334 residents. Its 297 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Akhgaon

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

How far is Akhgaon from other places

Akhgaon lies about 18 km from Bhojpur, and the nearest railway station is Pawakhali, about 17 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 Akhgaon
Nearest town	Bahādurganj	3.1 km
Nearest railway station	Pawakhali	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sandesh	18 km
District headquarters	Bhojpur	18 km

Villages closest to Akhgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akhgaon village had a population of 3,094. That makes it the 14th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,334 residents.

Akhgaon village has 1,626 males and 1,468 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akhgaon has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 932.

Akhgaon covers 297 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Akhgaon falls under Sandesh tehsil of Bhojpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Akhgaon is Pawakhali, about 17 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 5 - 10 km distance for Akhgaon.

Akhgaon is about 18 km from Bhojpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akhgaon is in Sandesh tehsil of Bhojpur district. Bahādurganj is about 3.1 km away. Pawakhali is about 17 km away. Sandesh is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.