About Achaiya Village

Achaiya is a small village in Peterwar tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 195, made up of 98 males and 97 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 829121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Achaiya compares

By the 2011 count Achaiya is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,056 residents. Its 89.69 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Achaiya

Achaiya is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Achaiya as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Achaiya from other places

Achaiya lies about 30 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Jarangdih, about 16 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.

Villages closest to Achaiya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Peterwar tehsil.

• Banga under 2 km
• Sadma Kalan under 2 km
• Takaha under 2 km
• Jhirki 1.9 km
• Obra 2.1 km
• Ponrdag 2.2 km

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.