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About Akkri Village

Akkri is a mid sized village in Rajpura tehsil, in the district of Patiala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 596, made up of 319 males and 277 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 196 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akkri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akkri village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Patiala
Tehsil Rajpura
Pincode 140401
Area (hectares) 196 hectares
Population 596
Male Population 319
Female Population 277
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Akkri compares

By the 2011 count Akkri is the 167th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents. Its 196 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Akkri

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

Akkri lies about 15 km from Patiala, and the nearest railway station is Kauli, about 5.4 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 Akkri
Nearest railway station Kauli 5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Rajpura 11 km
District headquarters Patiala 15 km

Villages closest to Akkri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akkri village had a population of 596. That makes it the 167th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents.

Akkri village has 319 males and 277 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akkri has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Akkri is 140401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akkri covers 196 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akkri falls under Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Akkri is Kauli, about 5.4 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Akkri.

Akkri is about 15 km from Patiala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akkri is in Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district. Kauli is about 5.4 km away. Rajpura is about 11 km away. Patiala is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Akkar (under 2 km), Bathli (1.8 km) and Sehra (2.2 km).

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

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