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About Akya Village

Akya is a mid sized village in Sitamau tehsil, in the district of Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 880, made up of 461 males and 419 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 385.4 hectares hectares.

Akya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandsaur
Tehsil Sitamau
Area (hectares) 385.4 hectares
Population 880
Male Population 461
Female Population 419
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 909
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akya compares

By the 2011 count Akya is the 74th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,114 residents. Its 385.4 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Akya

Akya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akya as Available within 10+ 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 Akya from other places

Akya lies about 24 km from Mandsaur, and the nearest railway station is Dalauda, about 19 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 Akya
Tehsil headquarters Sitamau 7.8 km
Nearest railway station Dalauda 19 km
District headquarters Mandsaur 24 km

Villages closest to Akya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akya village had a population of 880. That makes it the 74th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,114 residents.

Akya village has 461 males and 419 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akya has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Akya covers 385.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akya falls under Sitamau tehsil of Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Akya is Dalauda, about 19 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 village for Akya.

Akya is about 24 km from Mandsaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akya is in Sitamau tehsil of Mandsaur district. Sitamau is about 7.8 km away. Dalauda is about 19 km away. Mandsaur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sakhtali (under 2 km), Rawti (1.9 km) and Surkheda (3.0 km).

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

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