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About Akbai Village

Akbai is a mid sized village in Dabra tehsil, in the district of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 935, made up of 494 males and 441 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 477.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 475110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akbai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akbai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Gwalior
Tehsil Dabra
Pincode 475110
Area (hectares) 477.23 hectares
Population 935
Male Population 494
Female Population 441
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akbai compares

By the 2011 count Akbai is the 76th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,214 residents. Its 477.23 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 864.

Getting to Akbai

Akbai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akbai as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Akbai from other places

Akbai lies about 35 km from Gwalior, and the nearest railway station is Anant Paith, about 8.6 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 Akbai
Nearest railway station Anant Paith 8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Dabra 14 km
District headquarters Gwalior 35 km

Villages closest to Akbai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akbai village had a population of 935. That makes it the 76th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,214 residents.

Akbai village has 494 males and 441 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akbai has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 864.

The pincode recorded for Akbai is 475110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akbai covers 477.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Akbai falls under Dabra tehsil of Gwalior district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Akbai is Anant Paith, about 8.6 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Akbai.

Akbai is about 35 km from Gwalior in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akbai is in Dabra tehsil of Gwalior district. Anant Paith is about 8.6 km away. Dabra is about 14 km away. Gwalior is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thethiyapura (under 2 km), Sunwai (under 2 km) and Rajiyawar (3.1 km).

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

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