About Akhena Village

Akhena is a small village in Bagodar tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 377, made up of 195 males and 182 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 213.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825322, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akhena Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akhena village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Bagodar
Pincode	825322
Area (hectares)	213.44 hectares
Population	377
Male Population	195
Female Population	182
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
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 Akhena compares

By the 2011 count Akhena is the 54th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,567 residents. Its 213.44 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Akhena

Akhena is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Akhena 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 Akhena from other places

Akhena lies about 54 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Keshwari, about 12 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 Akhena
Tehsil headquarters	Bagodar	7.5 km
Nearest railway station	Keshwari	12 km
Nearest town	Barki Saria	13 km
District headquarters	Giridih	54 km

Villages closest to Akhena

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akhena village had a population of 377. That makes it the 54th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,567 residents.

Akhena village has 195 males and 182 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akhena has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 978.

The pincode recorded for Akhena is 825322. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akhena covers 213.44 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.

Akhena falls under Bagodar tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Akhena is Keshwari, about 12 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 Akhena.

Akhena is about 54 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akhena is in Bagodar tehsil of Giridih district. Bagodar is about 7.5 km away. Keshwari is about 12 km away. Barki Saria is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.