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About Akla Village

Akla is a small village in Sihawal tehsil, in the district of Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 158, made up of 84 males and 74 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.84 hectares hectares.

Akla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akla village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sidhi
Tehsil Sihawal
Area (hectares) 84.84 hectares
Population 158
Male Population 84
Female Population 74
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 881
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Akla compares

By the 2011 count Akla is the 239th largest of the 286 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 912 residents. Its 84.84 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Akla

The census records public bus service for Akla 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akla from other places

Akla lies about 18 km from Sidhi, and the nearest railway station is Shankarpur Bhadaura, about 44 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 Akla
District headquarters Sidhi 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Sihawal 23 km
Nearest railway station Shankarpur Bhadaura 44 km

Villages closest to Akla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akla village had a population of 158. That makes it the 239th largest of the 286 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 912 residents.

Akla village has 84 males and 74 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akla has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Akla covers 84.84 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.

Akla falls under Sihawal tehsil of Sidhi district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Akla is Shankarpur Bhadaura, about 44 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Akla.

Akla is about 18 km from Sidhi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akla is in Sihawal tehsil of Sidhi district. Sidhi is about 18 km away. Sihawal is about 23 km away. Shankarpur Bhadaura is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sareh (under 2 km), Ramdih (2.2 km) and Jhumariya (2.3 km).

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

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