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About Akrund Village

Akrund is one of the larger villages in Dhansura tehsil, in the district of Sabar Kantha, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,168, made up of 3,219 males and 2,949 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2503.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 383260, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akrund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akrund village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Sabar Kantha
Tehsil Dhansura
Pincode 383260
Area (hectares) 2503.33 hectares
Population 6,168
Male Population 3,219
Female Population 2,949
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 916
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Akrund compares

By the 2011 count Akrund is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,489 residents. Its 2503.33 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Akrund

Akrund is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Akrund 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akrund from other places

Akrund lies about 81 km from Sabar Kantha, and the nearest railway station is Navalpura, about 7.3 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 Akrund
Nearest railway station Navalpura 7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhansura 11 km
Nearest town Modāsa 26 km
District headquarters Sabar Kantha 81 km

Villages closest to Akrund

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akrund village had a population of 6,168. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,489 residents.

Akrund village has 3,219 males and 2,949 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akrund has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Akrund is 383260. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akrund covers 2503.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akrund falls under Dhansura tehsil of Sabar Kantha district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Akrund is Navalpura, about 7.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Akrund.

Akrund is about 81 km from Sabar Kantha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akrund is in Dhansura tehsil of Sabar Kantha district. Navalpura is about 7.3 km away. Dhansura is about 11 km away. Modāsa is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Vadagam (5.4 km), Patyo (5.4 km) and Rampur (5.4 km).

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

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