About Achran Village

Achran is a small village in Balrampur tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 163, made up of 87 males and 76 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 50.96 hectares hectares.

Achran Overview

Census 2011 figures for Achran village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Balrampur
Area (hectares)	50.96 hectares
Population	163
Male Population	87
Female Population	76
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Achran compares

By the 2011 count Achran is the 113th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,238 residents. Its 50.96 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 946.

Getting to Achran

Achran is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Achran as Available within 10+ 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Achran from other places

Achran lies about 41 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Sanjay Gram, about 4.3 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 Achran
Tehsil headquarters	Balrampur	3.9 km
Nearest railway station	Sanjay Gram	4.3 km
Nearest town	Rāiganj	21 km
District headquarters	Katihar	41 km

Villages closest to Achran

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Achran village had a population of 163. That makes it the 113th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,238 residents.

Achran village has 87 males and 76 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Achran has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Achran covers 50.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Achran falls under Balrampur tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Achran is Sanjay Gram, about 4.3 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Achran.

Achran is about 41 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Achran is in Balrampur tehsil of Katihar district. Balrampur is about 3.9 km away. Sanjay Gram is about 4.3 km away. Rāiganj is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.