About Akalwara Village

Akalwara is a mid sized village in Saja tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,437, made up of 704 males and 733 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 589.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491331, 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	Saja
Pincode	491331
Area (hectares)	589.36 hectares
Population	1,437
Male Population	704
Female Population	733
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,041
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Akalwara compares

By the 2011 count Akalwara is the 12th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 944 residents. Its 589.36 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Akalwara

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

Akalwara lies about 44 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Bhilai Power House, 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 Akalwara
Tehsil headquarters	Saja	9.0 km
Nearest town	Bemetāra	26 km
Nearest railway station	Bhilai Power House	42 km
District headquarters	Durg	44 km

Villages closest to Akalwara

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

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Common questions about Akalwara

As per the Census of India 2011, Akalwara village had a population of 1,437. That makes it the 12th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 944 residents.

Akalwara village has 704 males and 733 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akalwara has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Akalwara is 491331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akalwara covers 589.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akalwara falls under Saja tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Akalwara is Bhilai Power House, 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 Akalwara.

Akalwara is about 44 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 Saja tehsil of Durg district. Saja is about 9.0 km away. Bemetāra is about 26 km away. Bhilai Power House is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.