About Akhta Village

Akhta is one of the larger villages in Suppi tehsil, in the district of Sitamarhi, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 16,980, made up of 8,839 males and 8,141 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 880 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 843315, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akhta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akhta village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Sitamarhi
Tehsil	Suppi
Pincode	843315
Area (hectares)	880 hectares
Population	16,980
Male Population	8,839
Female Population	8,141
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
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 Akhta compares

By the 2011 count Akhta is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 3,396 residents. Its 880 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Akhta

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

Akhta lies about 30 km from Sitamarhi, and the nearest railway station is Dhang, about 27 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 Akhta
Nearest railway station	Dhang	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Suppi	29 km
District headquarters	Sitamarhi	30 km
Nearest town	Sītāmarhi	30 km

Villages closest to Akhta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akhta village had a population of 16,980. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,396 residents.

Akhta village has 8,839 males and 8,141 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akhta has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 893.

The pincode recorded for Akhta is 843315. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akhta covers 880 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Akhta falls under Suppi tehsil of Sitamarhi district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Akhta is Dhang, about 27 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 Akhta.

Akhta is about 30 km from Sitamarhi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akhta is in Suppi tehsil of Sitamarhi district. Dhang is about 27 km away. Suppi is about 29 km away. Sitamarhi is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.