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About Akaltari Village

Akaltari is a mid sized village in Akaltara tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,751, made up of 886 males and 865 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 382.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493338, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akaltari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akaltari village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Akaltara
Pincode 493338
Area (hectares) 382.24 hectares
Population 1,751
Male Population 886
Female Population 865
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 976
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Akaltari compares

By the 2011 count Akaltari is the 33rd largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,963 residents. Its 382.24 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Akaltari

Akaltari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akaltari as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akaltari from other places

Akaltari lies about 24 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Kotmi Sonar, about 4.3 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 Akaltari
Nearest railway station Kotmi Sonar 4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Akaltara 8.2 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 24 km

Villages closest to Akaltari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akaltari village had a population of 1,751. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,963 residents.

Akaltari village has 886 males and 865 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akaltari has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Akaltari is 493338. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akaltari covers 382.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akaltari falls under Akaltara tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Akaltari is Kotmi Sonar, about 4.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Akaltari.

Akaltari is about 24 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akaltari is in Akaltara tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Kotmi Sonar is about 4.3 km away. Akaltara is about 8.2 km away. Janjgir Champa is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Madhuwa (under 2 km), Piparsatti (1.6 km) and Ameri (1.9 km).

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

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