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About Akhra Village

Akhra is a mid sized village in Pandariya tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 695, made up of 366 males and 329 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491559, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akhra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akhra village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Kabeerdham
Tehsil Pandariya
Pincode 491559
Area (hectares) 131.52 hectares
Population 695
Male Population 366
Female Population 329
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 899
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akhra compares

By the 2011 count Akhra is the 149th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 131.52 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Akhra

Akhra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akhra 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akhra from other places

Akhra lies about 22 km from Kabeerdham, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 61 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 Akhra
Tehsil headquarters Pandariya 12 km
District headquarters Kabeerdham 22 km
Nearest town Mungeli 24 km
Nearest railway station Kargi Road 61 km

Villages closest to Akhra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akhra village had a population of 695. That makes it the 149th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Akhra village has 366 males and 329 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akhra has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Akhra is 491559. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akhra covers 131.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akhra falls under Pandariya tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Akhra is Kargi Road, about 61 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 5 - 10 km distance for Akhra.

Akhra is about 22 km from Kabeerdham in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akhra is in Pandariya tehsil of Kabeerdham district. Pandariya is about 12 km away. Kabeerdham is about 22 km away. Mungeli 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 Khamhariya (under 2 km), Hathmudi (under 2 km) and Gujheta (1.6 km).

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

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