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About Akawari Village

Akawari is a small village in Nagri tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 248, made up of 120 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494347, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akawari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akawari village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dhamtari
Tehsil Nagri
Pincode 494347
Area (hectares) 133.28 hectares
Population 248
Male Population 120
Female Population 128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,067
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akawari compares

By the 2011 count Akawari is the 187th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 687 residents. Its 133.28 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Akawari

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

Akawari lies about 75 km from Dhamtari. 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 Akawari
Tehsil headquarters Nagri 23 km
Nearest town Kānker 49 km
District headquarters Dhamtari 75 km

Villages closest to Akawari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akawari village had a population of 248. That makes it the 187th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 687 residents.

Akawari village has 120 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akawari has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Akawari is 494347. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akawari covers 133.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Akawari falls under Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Akawari notes the nearest railway station 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 Akawari.

Akawari is about 75 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akawari is in Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district. Nagri is about 23 km away. Kānker is about 49 km away. Dhamtari is about 75 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amjhar (4.1 km), Muhkot (5.0 km) and Bahigaon (5.7 km).

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

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