About Akhar Village

Akhar is a mid sized village in Jawhar tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,028, made up of 500 males and 528 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,056 females per 1000 males. The village covers 222.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 401602, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akhar village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Tehsil	Jawhar
Pincode	401602
Area (hectares)	222.03 hectares
Population	1,028
Male Population	500
Female Population	528
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,056
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Akhar compares

By the 2011 count Akhar is the 56th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents. Its 222.03 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1035.

Getting to Akhar

Akhar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akhar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Akhar from other places

Akhar lies about 84 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Kasara, about 21 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 Akhar
Tehsil headquarters	Jawhar	21 km
Nearest railway station	Kasara	21 km
Nearest town	Igatpuri	22 km
District headquarters	Thane	84 km

Villages closest to Akhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akhar village had a population of 1,028. That makes it the 56th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents.

Akhar village has 500 males and 528 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akhar has about 1056 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1035.

The pincode recorded for Akhar is 401602. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akhar covers 222.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akhar falls under Jawhar tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Akhar is Kasara, about 21 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Akhar.

Akhar is about 84 km from Thane in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akhar is in Jawhar tehsil of Thane district. Jawhar is about 21 km away. Kasara is about 21 km away. Igatpuri is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.