About Akha Village

Akha is a large village in Vanthali tehsil, in the district of Junagadh, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,105, made up of 1,075 males and 1,030 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 958 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1150.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 362222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akha village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Junagadh
Tehsil	Vanthali
Pincode	362222
Area (hectares)	1150.23 hectares
Population	2,105
Male Population	1,075
Female Population	1,030
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	958
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Akha compares

By the 2011 count Akha is the 15th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,796 residents. Its 1150.23 hectares work out to about 1.8 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, a little above the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Akha

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

Akha lies about 26 km from Junagadh, and the nearest railway station is Badodar, about 9.6 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 Akha
Nearest railway station	Badodar	9.6 km
Nearest town	Keshod	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vanthali	26 km
District headquarters	Junagadh	26 km

Villages closest to Akha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akha village had a population of 2,105. That makes it the 15th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,796 residents.

Akha village has 1,075 males and 1,030 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akha has about 958 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 921.

The pincode recorded for Akha is 362222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akha covers 1150.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Akha falls under Vanthali tehsil of Junagadh district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Akha is Badodar, about 9.6 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Akha.

Akha is about 26 km from Junagadh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akha is in Vanthali tehsil of Junagadh district. Badodar is about 9.6 km away. Keshod is about 13 km away. Vanthali is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.