About Akarpura Village

Akarpura is a large village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,130, made up of 1,070 males and 1,060 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 320 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143511, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akarpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akarpura village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Batala
Pincode	143511
Area (hectares)	320 hectares
Population	2,130
Male Population	1,070
Female Population	1,060
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	991
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Akarpura compares

By the 2011 count Akarpura is the 58th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents. Its 320 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Akarpura

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

Akarpura lies about 32 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Batala Junction, about 12 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 Akarpura
Nearest railway station	Batala Junction	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Batala	14 km
Nearest town	Batāla	14 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	32 km

Villages closest to Akarpura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akarpura village had a population of 2,130. That makes it the 58th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents.

Akarpura village has 1,070 males and 1,060 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akarpura has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Akarpura is 143511. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akarpura covers 320 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Akarpura falls under Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Akarpura is Batala Junction, about 12 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Akarpura.

Akarpura is about 32 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akarpura is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Batala Junction is about 12 km away. Batala is about 14 km away. Batāla is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.