About Akin Gam Village

Akin Gam is one of the larger villages in Kokernag tehsil, in the district of Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,007, made up of 2,579 males and 2,428 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 382 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 192201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akin Gam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akin Gam village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Anantnag
Tehsil	Kokernag
Pincode	192201
Area (hectares)	382 hectares
Population	5,007
Male Population	2,579
Female Population	2,428
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Akin Gam compares

By the 2011 count Akin Gam is the 10th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,278 residents. Its 382 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Akin Gam

Akin Gam is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Akin Gam as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Akin Gam from other places

Akin Gam lies about 12 km from Anantnag, and the nearest railway station is Hiller Shahabad, about 9.4 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 Akin Gam
Nearest town	Dooru Verinag	9.3 km
Nearest railway station	Hiller Shahabad	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kokernag	10 km
District headquarters	Anantnag	12 km

Villages closest to Akin Gam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kokernag 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 Akin Gam

As per the Census of India 2011, Akin Gam village had a population of 5,007. That makes it the 10th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,278 residents.

Akin Gam village has 2,579 males and 2,428 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akin Gam has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Akin Gam is 192201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akin Gam covers 382 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Akin Gam falls under Kokernag tehsil of Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Akin Gam is Hiller Shahabad, about 9.4 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Akin Gam.

Akin Gam is about 12 km from Anantnag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akin Gam is in Kokernag tehsil of Anantnag district. Dooru Verinag is about 9.3 km away. Hiller Shahabad is about 9.4 km away. Kokernag is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.