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About Akaltara Village

Akaltara is a small village in Kasdol tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 206, made up of 94 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,191 females per 1000 males. The village covers 339.99 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 Raipur
Tehsil Kasdol
Pincode 493551
Area (hectares) 339.99 hectares
Population 206
Male Population 94
Female Population 112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,191
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akaltara compares

By the 2011 count Akaltara is the 175th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 929 residents. Its 339.99 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 1024.

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 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 Akaltara from other places

Akaltara lies about 84 km from Raipur, 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 Kasdol 29 km
Nearest railway station Bhimkhoj 34 km
Nearest town Baloda Bāzār 44 km
District headquarters Raipur 84 km

Villages closest to Akaltara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akaltara village had a population of 206. That makes it the 175th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 929 residents.

Akaltara village has 94 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akaltara has about 1191 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

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

Akaltara covers 339.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Akaltara falls under Kasdol tehsil of Raipur 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 village for Akaltara.

Akaltara is about 84 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akaltara is in Kasdol tehsil of Raipur district. Kasdol is about 29 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.

The closest recorded villages are Amgaon (2.3 km), Bar (5.4 km) and Barekel (5.4 km).

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

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