About Akshow Village

Akshow is a small village in Zanskar tehsil, in the district of Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 332, made up of 163 males and 169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 115.3 hectares hectares.

Akshow Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akshow village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kargil
Tehsil	Zanskar
Area (hectares)	115.3 hectares
Population	332
Male Population	163
Female Population	169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,037
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Akshow compares

By the 2011 count Akshow is the 19th largest of the 25 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 552 residents. Its 115.3 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Akshow

Akshow is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akshow as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Abran, Ating, Chah and Hamiling. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Akshow

As per the Census of India 2011, Akshow village had a population of 332. That makes it the 19th largest of the 25 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 552 residents.

Akshow village has 163 males and 169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akshow has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Akshow covers 115.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akshow falls under Zanskar tehsil of Kargil district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Akshow notes the nearest railway station 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 village for Akshow.

Akshow is in Zanskar tehsil of Kargil district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.