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About Akalwara Village

Akalwara is a mid sized village in Gurur tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 716, made up of 358 males and 358 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akalwara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akalwara village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Gurur
Pincode 491227
Area (hectares) 199.44 hectares
Population 716
Male Population 358
Female Population 358
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Akalwara compares

By the 2011 count Akalwara is the 77th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents. Its 199.44 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Akalwara

Akalwara is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Akalwara as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akalwara from other places

Akalwara lies about 54 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtari, about 10 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 Akalwara
Tehsil headquarters Gurur 8.4 km
Nearest railway station Dhamtari 10 km
District headquarters Durg 54 km

Villages closest to Akalwara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akalwara village had a population of 716. That makes it the 77th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents.

Akalwara village has 358 males and 358 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akalwara has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Akalwara is 491227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akalwara covers 199.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akalwara falls under Gurur tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Akalwara is Dhamtari, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Akalwara.

Akalwara is about 54 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akalwara is in Gurur tehsil of Durg district. Gurur is about 8.4 km away. Dhamtari is about 10 km away. Durg is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khordo (under 2 km), Narbada (under 2 km) and Sarbada (under 2 km).

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

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