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About Akalpur Village

Akalpur is a mid sized village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 602, made up of 297 males and 305 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 312.22 hectares hectares.

Akalpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akalpur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Baihar
Area (hectares) 312.22 hectares
Population 602
Male Population 297
Female Population 305
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,027
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akalpur compares

By the 2011 count Akalpur is the 143rd largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 312.22 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Akalpur

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

Akalpur lies about 72 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Bamhani Banjar, about 66 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 Akalpur
Nearest town Malajkhand 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Baihar 29 km
Nearest railway station Bamhani Banjar 66 km
District headquarters Balaghat 72 km

Villages closest to Akalpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akalpur village had a population of 602. That makes it the 143rd largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Akalpur village has 297 males and 305 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akalpur has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1032.

Akalpur covers 312.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Akalpur falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Akalpur is Bamhani Banjar, about 66 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 10+ km distance for Akalpur.

Akalpur is about 72 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akalpur is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Malajkhand is about 12 km away. Baihar is about 29 km away. Bamhani Banjar is about 66 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Charchendi (1.8 km), Jairasi (2.1 km) and Bandaniya (2.5 km).

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

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