About Achanakpur Village

Achanakpur is a mid sized village in Chhuikhadan tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 560, made up of 302 males and 258 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491888, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Achanakpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Achanakpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Chhuikhadan
Pincode	491888
Area (hectares)	224.43 hectares
Population	560
Male Population	302
Female Population	258
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	854
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Achanakpur compares

By the 2011 count Achanakpur is the 116th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 694 residents. Its 224.43 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 1014.

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 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 62 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Murhipar, about 55 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
Tehsil headquarters	Chhuikhadan	14 km
Nearest town	Khairāgarh	26 km
Nearest railway station	Murhipar	55 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	62 km

Villages closest to Achanakpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chhuikhadan 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 560. That makes it the 116th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 694 residents.

Achanakpur village has 302 males and 258 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Achanakpur has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Achanakpur is 491888. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Achanakpur covers 224.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Achanakpur falls under Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Achanakpur is Murhipar, about 55 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 Achanakpur.

Achanakpur is about 62 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Achanakpur is in Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuikhadan is about 14 km away. Khairāgarh is about 26 km away. Murhipar is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.