About Akhwara Village

Akhwara is a small village in Pathankot tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 462, made up of 238 males and 224 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 335 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 145026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akhwara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akhwara village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Pathankot
Pincode	145026
Area (hectares)	335 hectares
Population	462
Male Population	238
Female Population	224
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Akhwara compares

By the 2011 count Akhwara is the 226th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 335 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Akhwara

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

Akhwara lies about 20 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Parmanand, about 11 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 Akhwara
Nearest railway station	Parmanand	11 km
Nearest town	Dīnānagar	12 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pathankot	24 km

Villages closest to Akhwara

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 Akhwara

As per the Census of India 2011, Akhwara village had a population of 462. That makes it the 226th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Akhwara village has 238 males and 224 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akhwara has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Akhwara is 145026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akhwara covers 335 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Akhwara falls under Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Akhwara is Parmanand, about 11 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 Akhwara.

Akhwara is about 20 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akhwara is in Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Parmanand is about 11 km away. Dīnānagar is about 12 km away. Gurdaspur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.