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About Akursi Village

Akursi is a mid sized village in Pohri tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,877, made up of 1,016 males and 861 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 847 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1102.79 hectares hectares.

Akursi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akursi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shivpuri
Tehsil Pohri
Area (hectares) 1102.79 hectares
Population 1,877
Male Population 1,016
Female Population 861
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 847
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akursi compares

By the 2011 count Akursi is the 20th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 878 residents. Its 1102.79 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 875.

Getting to Akursi

Akursi is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Akursi as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Akursi from other places

Akursi lies about 19 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Khajuri, about 13 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 Akursi
Nearest railway station Khajuri 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Pohri 14 km
District headquarters Shivpuri 19 km

Villages closest to Akursi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akursi village had a population of 1,877. That makes it the 20th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 878 residents.

Akursi village has 1,016 males and 861 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akursi has about 847 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 875.

Akursi covers 1102.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Akursi falls under Pohri tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Akursi is Khajuri, about 13 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 <5 km distance for Akursi.

Akursi is about 19 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akursi is in Pohri tehsil of Shivpuri district. Khajuri is about 13 km away. Pohri is about 14 km away. Shivpuri is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ankursi (under 2 km), Atraua (2.9 km) and Marora Ahir (3.1 km).

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

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