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About Acheli Village

Acheli is a small village in Kuakonda tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 267, made up of 127 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,102 females per 1000 males. The village covers 651.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Acheli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Acheli village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Kuakonda
Pincode 494552
Area (hectares) 651.22 hectares
Population 267
Male Population 127
Female Population 140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,102
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Acheli compares

By the 2011 count Acheli is the 45th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 875 residents. Its 651.22 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1100.

Getting to Acheli

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

Acheli lies about 28 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 14 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 Acheli
Nearest railway station Kirandul 14 km
Nearest town Bacheli 19 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 28 km
Tehsil headquarters Kuakonda 29 km

Villages closest to Acheli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Acheli village had a population of 267. That makes it the 45th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 875 residents.

Acheli village has 127 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Acheli has about 1102 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1100.

The pincode recorded for Acheli is 494552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Acheli covers 651.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Acheli falls under Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Acheli is Kirandul, about 14 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 Acheli.

Acheli is about 28 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Acheli is in Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kirandul is about 14 km away. Bacheli is about 19 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pedka (under 2 km), Aranpur (2.0 km) and Taneli (2.5 km).

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

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