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About Akbarpur Village

Akbarpur is a mid sized village in Rajpura tehsil, in the district of Patiala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 610, made up of 305 males and 305 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 108 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akbarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akbarpur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Patiala
Tehsil Rajpura
Pincode 140401
Area (hectares) 108 hectares
Population 610
Male Population 305
Female Population 305
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Akbarpur compares

By the 2011 count Akbarpur is the 164th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents. Its 108 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Akbarpur

Akbarpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Akbarpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akbarpur from other places

Akbarpur lies about 26 km from Patiala, and the nearest railway station is Rajpura Junction, about 3.5 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 Akbarpur
Nearest railway station Rajpura Junction 3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Rajpura 4.2 km
District headquarters Patiala 26 km

Villages closest to Akbarpur

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 Akbarpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Akbarpur village had a population of 610. That makes it the 164th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents.

Akbarpur village has 305 males and 305 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akbarpur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 880.

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

Akbarpur covers 108 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akbarpur falls under Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Akbarpur is Rajpura Junction, about 3.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Akbarpur.

Akbarpur is about 26 km from Patiala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akbarpur is in Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district. Rajpura Junction is about 3.5 km away. Rajpura is about 4.2 km away. Patiala is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhatehri (under 2 km), Faridpur (under 2 km) and Bhapal (under 2 km).

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

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