About Achanakpur Village

Achanakpur is a mid sized village in Sakti tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 661, made up of 336 males and 325 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495689, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Achanakpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Achanakpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Sakti
Pincode	495689
Area (hectares)	149.65 hectares
Population	661
Male Population	336
Female Population	325
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	967
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Achanakpur compares

By the 2011 count Achanakpur is the 75th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents. Its 149.65 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Achanakpur

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

Achanakpur lies about 35 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Jetha, about 6.0 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 Achanakpur
Nearest railway station	Jetha	6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sakti	7.6 km
Nearest town	Saktī	7.6 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	35 km

Villages closest to Achanakpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Achanakpur village had a population of 661. That makes it the 75th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents.

Achanakpur village has 336 males and 325 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Achanakpur has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Achanakpur is 495689. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Achanakpur covers 149.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Achanakpur falls under Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Achanakpur is Jetha, about 6.0 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 village for Achanakpur.

Achanakpur is about 35 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Achanakpur is in Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Jetha is about 6.0 km away. Sakti is about 7.6 km away. Saktī is about 7.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.