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About Akasi Village

Akasi is a large village in Sasaram tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,145, made up of 2,111 males and 2,034 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 964 females per 1000 males. The village covers 391.8 hectares hectares.

Akasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akasi village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Rohtas
Tehsil Sasaram
Area (hectares) 391.8 hectares
Population 4,145
Male Population 2,111
Female Population 2,034
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 964
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akasi compares

By the 2011 count Akasi is the 7th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents. Its 391.8 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Akasi

Akasi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akasi 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 Akasi from other places

Akasi lies about 44 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Agrer, about 2.0 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 Akasi
Nearest railway station Agrer 2.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Sasaram 7.5 km
Nearest town Sasarām 7.5 km
District headquarters Rohtas 44 km

Villages closest to Akasi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akasi village had a population of 4,145. That makes it the 7th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents.

Akasi village has 2,111 males and 2,034 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akasi has about 964 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 926.

Akasi covers 391.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Akasi falls under Sasaram tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Akasi is Agrer, about 2.0 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 Akasi.

Akasi is about 44 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akasi is in Sasaram tehsil of Rohtas district. Agrer is about 2.0 km away. Sasaram is about 7.5 km away. Sasarām is about 7.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jhalkhoria (under 2 km), Haripur (under 2 km) and Kunrwa (under 2 km).

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

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