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About Akhara Village

Akhara is a mid sized village in Jalandhar II tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,148, made up of 597 males and 551 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 288.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144622, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akhara village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Jalandhar II
Pincode 144622
Area (hectares) 288.4 hectares
Population 1,148
Male Population 597
Female Population 551
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 923
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akhara compares

By the 2011 count Akhara is the 71st largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 999 residents. Its 288.4 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Akhara

Akhara is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Akhara as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Akhara from other places

Akhara lies about 24 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Machrowal, about 9.7 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 Akhara
Nearest railway station Machrowal 9.7 km
Nearest town Kartārpur 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Jalandhar II 24 km
District headquarters Jalandhar 24 km

Villages closest to Akhara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jalandhar II 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.

Common questions about Akhara

As per the Census of India 2011, Akhara village had a population of 1,148. That makes it the 71st largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 999 residents.

Akhara village has 597 males and 551 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akhara has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Akhara is 144622. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akhara covers 288.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akhara falls under Jalandhar II tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Akhara is Machrowal, about 9.7 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Akhara.

Akhara is about 24 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akhara is in Jalandhar II tehsil of Jalandhar district. Machrowal is about 9.7 km away. Kartārpur is about 11 km away. Jalandhar II is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jande Sarai (1.7 km), Rajpur (2.3 km) and Bhagwanpur (2.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Akhara today is likely to be higher.

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