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About Ahkali Village

Ahkali is a small village in Kondagaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 306, made up of 149 males and 157 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ahkali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ahkali village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Kondagaon
Pincode 494226
Area (hectares) 103.47 hectares
Population 306
Male Population 149
Female Population 157
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,054
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ahkali compares

By the 2011 count Ahkali is the 145th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 103.47 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Ahkali

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

Ahkali lies about 45 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Silak Jhori, about 42 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 Ahkali
Tehsil headquarters Kondagaon 33 km
Nearest railway station Silak Jhori 42 km
District headquarters Bastar 45 km

Villages closest to Ahkali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ahkali village had a population of 306. That makes it the 145th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Ahkali village has 149 males and 157 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ahkali has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Ahkali is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ahkali covers 103.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ahkali falls under Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ahkali is Silak Jhori, about 42 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 and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Ahkali.

Ahkali is about 45 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ahkali is in Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district. Kondagaon is about 33 km away. Silak Jhori is about 42 km away. Bastar is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hasel (3.0 km), Arandwal (3.2 km) and Khodsanar (4.9 km).

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

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