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About Aktai Village

Aktai is a mid sized village in Patan tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 538, made up of 259 males and 279 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,077 females per 1000 males. The village covers 227.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Aktai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Aktai village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Patan
Pincode 493661
Area (hectares) 227.55 hectares
Population 538
Male Population 259
Female Population 279
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,077
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Aktai compares

By the 2011 count Aktai is the 127th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents. Its 227.55 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Aktai

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

Aktai lies about 39 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Gundardehi, about 19 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 Aktai
Tehsil headquarters Patan 16 km
Nearest railway station Gundardehi 19 km
Nearest town Dhamtari 22 km
District headquarters Durg 39 km

Villages closest to Aktai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Aktai village had a population of 538. That makes it the 127th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents.

Aktai village has 259 males and 279 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Aktai has about 1077 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Aktai is 493661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Aktai covers 227.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Aktai falls under Patan tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Aktai is Gundardehi, about 19 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 village for Aktai.

Aktai is about 39 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Aktai is in Patan tehsil of Durg district. Patan is about 16 km away. Gundardehi is about 19 km away. Dhamtari is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Surpa (1.7 km), Belhari (1.8 km) and Rawagahan (2.2 km).

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

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