About Akalgarh Village

Akalgarh is a large village in Amritsar I tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,288, made up of 1,748 males and 1,540 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 599 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143016, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akalgarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akalgarh village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Amritsar I
Pincode	143016
Area (hectares)	599 hectares
Population	3,288
Male Population	1,748
Female Population	1,540
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Akalgarh compares

By the 2011 count Akalgarh is the 18th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents. Its 599 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Akalgarh

Akalgarh is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akalgarh as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akalgarh from other places

Akalgarh lies about 19 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Jandiala, about 6.7 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 Akalgarh
Nearest railway station	Jandiala	6.7 km
Nearest town	Jandiāla Gurū	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Amritsar I	19 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	19 km

Villages closest to Akalgarh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Amritsar I 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 Akalgarh

As per the Census of India 2011, Akalgarh village had a population of 3,288. That makes it the 18th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Akalgarh village has 1,748 males and 1,540 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akalgarh has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Akalgarh is 143016. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akalgarh covers 599 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akalgarh falls under Amritsar I tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Akalgarh is Jandiala, about 6.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Akalgarh.

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

Akalgarh is in Amritsar I tehsil of Amritsar district. Jandiala is about 6.7 km away. Jandiāla Gurū is about 10 km away. Amritsar I is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.