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About Akashkhara Village

Akashkhara is a small village in Saraipali tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 329, made up of 159 males and 170 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 174.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akashkhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akashkhara village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Mahasamund
Tehsil Saraipali
Pincode 493558
Area (hectares) 174.51 hectares
Population 329
Male Population 159
Female Population 170
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,069
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akashkhara compares

By the 2011 count Akashkhara is the 186th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 750 residents. Its 174.51 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Akashkhara

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

Akashkhara lies about 108 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Barpali, about 52 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 Akashkhara
Tehsil headquarters Saraipali 11 km
Nearest railway station Barpali 52 km
District headquarters Mahasamund 108 km

Villages closest to Akashkhara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akashkhara village had a population of 329. That makes it the 186th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 750 residents.

Akashkhara village has 159 males and 170 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akashkhara has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Akashkhara is 493558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akashkhara covers 174.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Akashkhara falls under Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Akashkhara is Barpali, about 52 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 village for Akashkhara.

Akashkhara is about 108 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akashkhara is in Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district. Saraipali is about 11 km away. Barpali is about 52 km away. Mahasamund is about 108 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Paikin (1.8 km), Khamharpali (1.9 km) and Lanti (2.0 km).

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

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