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About Akrajan Village

Akrajan is a mid sized village in Khairagarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 915, made up of 459 males and 456 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 993 females per 1000 males. The village covers 543.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491881, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akrajan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akrajan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Khairagarh
Pincode 491881
Area (hectares) 543.24 hectares
Population 915
Male Population 459
Female Population 456
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 993
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akrajan compares

By the 2011 count Akrajan is the 66th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 779 residents. Its 543.24 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Akrajan

Akrajan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akrajan as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Akrajan from other places

Akrajan lies about 37 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Jatkanhar, about 30 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 Akrajan
Tehsil headquarters Khairagarh 2.8 km
Nearest town Khairāgarh 2.8 km
Nearest railway station Jatkanhar 30 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 37 km

Villages closest to Akrajan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akrajan village had a population of 915. That makes it the 66th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 779 residents.

Akrajan village has 459 males and 456 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akrajan has about 993 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Akrajan is 491881. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akrajan covers 543.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Akrajan falls under Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Akrajan is Jatkanhar, about 30 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 km distance for Akrajan.

Akrajan is about 37 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akrajan is in Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Khairagarh is about 2.8 km away. Khairāgarh is about 2.8 km away. Jatkanhar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Muska (under 2 km), Dullitola (under 2 km) and Hirawahi (1.7 km).

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

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