About Akhara Village

Akhara is a large village in Jagraon tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,548, made up of 2,450 males and 2,098 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1271 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 142026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akhara village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Jagraon
Pincode	142026
Area (hectares)	1271 hectares
Population	4,548
Male Population	2,450
Female Population	2,098
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	856
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Akhara compares

By the 2011 count Akhara is the 17th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents. Its 1271 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Akhara

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

Akhara lies about 40 km from Ludhiana. 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
Tehsil headquarters	Jagraon	4.8 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	40 km

Villages closest to Akhara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akhara village had a population of 4,548. That makes it the 17th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents.

Akhara village has 2,450 males and 2,098 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akhara has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Akhara is 142026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akhara covers 1271 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akhara falls under Jagraon tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The census record for Akhara notes the nearest railway station 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 Akhara.

Akhara is about 40 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akhara is in Jagraon tehsil of Ludhiana district. Jagraon is about 4.8 km away. Ludhiana is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.