About Akaltara Village

Akaltara is a small village in Pithora tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 62, made up of 30 males and 32 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akaltara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akaltara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Pithora
Pincode	493551
Area (hectares)	132.61 hectares
Population	62
Male Population	30
Female Population	32
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,067
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Akaltara compares

By the 2011 count Akaltara is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 835 residents. Its 132.61 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Akaltara

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

Akaltara lies about 45 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Bhimkhoj, about 34 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 Akaltara
Tehsil headquarters	Pithora	15 km
Nearest railway station	Bhimkhoj	34 km
Nearest town	Baloda Bāzār	44 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	45 km

Villages closest to Akaltara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akaltara village had a population of 62. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 835 residents.

Akaltara village has 30 males and 32 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akaltara has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Akaltara is 493551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akaltara covers 132.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Akaltara falls under Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Akaltara is Bhimkhoj, about 34 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 Akaltara.

Akaltara is about 45 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akaltara is in Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district. Pithora is about 15 km away. Bhimkhoj is about 34 km away. Baloda Bāzār is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.