About Akhrakona Village

Akhrakona is a small village in Palkot tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 256, made up of 119 males and 137 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,151 females per 1000 males. The village covers 317 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akhrakona Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akhrakona village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Palkot
Pincode	835220
Area (hectares)	317 hectares
Population	256
Male Population	119
Female Population	137
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,151
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Akhrakona compares

By the 2011 count Akhrakona is the 67th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,116 residents. Its 317 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Akhrakona

Akhrakona is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Akhrakona as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Akhrakona from other places

Akhrakona lies about 18 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Kurkura, about 45 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 Akhrakona
Tehsil headquarters	Palkot	14 km
District headquarters	Gumla	18 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kurkura	45 km

Villages closest to Akhrakona

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akhrakona village had a population of 256. That makes it the 67th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,116 residents.

Akhrakona village has 119 males and 137 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akhrakona has about 1151 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Akhrakona is 835220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akhrakona covers 317 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Akhrakona falls under Palkot tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Akhrakona is Kurkura, about 45 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 10+ km distance for Akhrakona.

Akhrakona is about 18 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akhrakona is in Palkot tehsil of Gumla district. Palkot is about 14 km away. Gumla is about 18 km away. Gumlā is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.