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About Akharia Village

Akharia is a small village in Fatwah tehsil, in the district of Patna, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 410, made up of 211 males and 199 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 803201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akharia village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Patna
Tehsil Fatwah
Pincode 803201
Area (hectares) 77 hectares
Population 410
Male Population 211
Female Population 199
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 943
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akharia compares

By the 2011 count Akharia is the 61st largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,079 residents. Its 77 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 905.

Getting to Akharia

Akharia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Akharia as Available within 5 - 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 Akharia from other places

Akharia lies about 20 km from Patna, and the nearest railway station is Daniyawan Bazar Halt, about 3.8 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 Akharia
Nearest railway station Daniyawan Bazar Halt 3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Fatwah 6.2 km
Nearest town Fatwa 6.2 km
District headquarters Patna 20 km

Villages closest to Akharia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akharia village had a population of 410. That makes it the 61st largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,079 residents.

Akharia village has 211 males and 199 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akharia has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 905.

The pincode recorded for Akharia is 803201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akharia covers 77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akharia falls under Fatwah tehsil of Patna district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Akharia is Daniyawan Bazar Halt, about 3.8 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Akharia.

Akharia is about 20 km from Patna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akharia is in Fatwah tehsil of Patna district. Daniyawan Bazar Halt is about 3.8 km away. Fatwah is about 6.2 km away. Fatwa is about 6.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sarbahanpur (under 2 km), Sirampur (under 2 km) and Narwan (under 2 km).

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

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