About Akhrota Village

Akhrota is a mid sized village in Pathankot tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 959, made up of 503 males and 456 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 145025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akhrota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akhrota village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Pathankot
Pincode	145025
Area (hectares)	132 hectares
Population	959
Male Population	503
Female Population	456
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Akhrota compares

By the 2011 count Akhrota is the 131st largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 132 hectares work out to about 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Akhrota

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

How far is Akhrota from other places

Akhrota lies about 22 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Jakolari, about 3.9 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 Akhrota
Nearest railway station	Jakolari	3.9 km
Nearest town	Dīnānagar	9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pathankot	15 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	22 km

Villages closest to Akhrota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akhrota village had a population of 959. That makes it the 131st largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Akhrota village has 503 males and 456 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akhrota has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Akhrota is 145025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akhrota covers 132 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Akhrota falls under Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Akhrota is Jakolari, about 3.9 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Akhrota.

Akhrota is about 22 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akhrota is in Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Jakolari is about 3.9 km away. Dīnānagar is about 9.8 km away. Pathankot is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.