About Akhtiarpur Village

Akhtiarpur is one of the larger villages in Banmankhi tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8,282, made up of 4,211 males and 4,071 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 938 hectares hectares.

Akhtiarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akhtiarpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purnia
Tehsil	Banmankhi
Area (hectares)	938 hectares
Population	8,282
Male Population	4,211
Female Population	4,071
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	967
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Akhtiarpur compares

By the 2011 count Akhtiarpur is the 13th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 4,330 residents. Its 938 hectares work out to about 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Akhtiarpur

Akhtiarpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akhtiarpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Akhtiarpur from other places

Akhtiarpur lies about 20 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Sarsi, about under 2 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 Akhtiarpur
Nearest railway station	Sarsi	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Banmankhi	10 km
District headquarters	Purnia	20 km

Villages closest to Akhtiarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akhtiarpur village had a population of 8,282. That makes it the 13th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,330 residents.

Akhtiarpur village has 4,211 males and 4,071 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akhtiarpur has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 920.

Akhtiarpur covers 938 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Akhtiarpur falls under Banmankhi tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Akhtiarpur is Sarsi, about under 2 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Akhtiarpur.

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

Akhtiarpur is in Banmankhi tehsil of Purnia district. Sarsi is about under 2 km away. Banmankhi is about 10 km away. Purnia is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.