About Akla Village

Akla is a mid sized village in Chitrangi tehsil, in the district of Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 596, made up of 319 males and 277 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 115.2 hectares hectares.

Akla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akla village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Singrauli
Tehsil	Chitrangi
Area (hectares)	115.2 hectares
Population	596
Male Population	319
Female Population	277
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Akla compares

By the 2011 count Akla is the 173rd largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents. Its 115.2 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Akla

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

Akla lies about 18 km from Singrauli, and the nearest railway station is Mahdeiya, about 14 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
Nearest railway station	Mahdeiya	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chitrangi	16 km
District headquarters	Singrauli	18 km

Villages closest to Akla

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

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Common questions about Akla

As per the Census of India 2011, Akla village had a population of 596. That makes it the 173rd largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents.

Akla village has 319 males and 277 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akla has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Akla covers 115.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akla falls under Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Akla is Mahdeiya, about 14 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 Akla.

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

Akla is in Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district. Mahdeiya is about 14 km away. Chitrangi is about 16 km away. Singrauli is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.