About Akir Village

Akir is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 143, made up of 72 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akir Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akir village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	63.2 hectares
Population	143
Male Population	72
Female Population	71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	986
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 Akir compares

By the 2011 count Akir is the 169th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 63.2 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Akir

Akir is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Akir 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 Akir from other places

Akir lies about 41 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Sonua, about 30 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 Akir
Tehsil headquarters	Bandgaon	5.8 km
Nearest railway station	Sonua	30 km
Nearest town	Khunti	30 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	41 km

Villages closest to Akir

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akir village had a population of 143. That makes it the 169th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Akir village has 72 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akir has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Akir is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akir covers 63.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akir falls under Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Akir is Sonua, about 30 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 Akir.

Akir is about 41 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akir is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Bandgaon is about 5.8 km away. Sonua is about 30 km away. Khunti is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.