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About Akkur Village

Akkur is a mid sized village in Tirumakudal Narsipur tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,683, made up of 861 males and 822 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 631.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akkur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akkur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Mysore
Tehsil Tirumakudal Narsipur
Pincode 571124
Area (hectares) 631.12 hectares
Population 1,683
Male Population 861
Female Population 822
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 955
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akkur compares

By the 2011 count Akkur is the 59th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,004 residents. Its 631.12 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 992.

Getting to Akkur

Akkur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akkur as Available within village. 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 Akkur from other places

Akkur lies about 39 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Konanur, 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 Akkur
Tehsil headquarters Tirumakudal Narsipur 10 km
Nearest town Kollegāl 15 km
Nearest railway station Konanur 30 km
District headquarters Mysore 39 km

Villages closest to Akkur

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

Common questions about Akkur

As per the Census of India 2011, Akkur village had a population of 1,683. That makes it the 59th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,004 residents.

Akkur village has 861 males and 822 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akkur has about 955 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 992.

The pincode recorded for Akkur is 571124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akkur covers 631.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akkur falls under Tirumakudal Narsipur tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Akkur is Konanur, 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Akkur.

Akkur is about 39 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akkur is in Tirumakudal Narsipur tehsil of Mysore district. Tirumakudal Narsipur is about 10 km away. Kollegāl is about 15 km away. Konanur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chandahalli (1.8 km), Maranapura (2.0 km) and Maradipura (2.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Akkur today is likely to be higher.

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