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About Akbarpur Village

Akbarpur is a small village in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil, in the district of Rupnagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 295, made up of 152 males and 143 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140013, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akbarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akbarpur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Rupnagar
Tehsil Chamkaur Sahib
Pincode 140013
Area (hectares) 114 hectares
Population 295
Male Population 152
Female Population 143
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 941
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Akbarpur compares

By the 2011 count Akbarpur is the 131st largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 752 residents. Its 114 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Akbarpur

Akbarpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Akbarpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Akbarpur from other places

Akbarpur lies about 19 km from Rupnagar, and the nearest railway station is Morinda Junction, about 3.0 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 Morinda Junction 3.0 km
Nearest town Morinda 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Chamkaur Sahib 16 km
District headquarters Rupnagar 19 km

Villages closest to Akbarpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chamkaur Sahib 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 295. That makes it the 131st largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 752 residents.

Akbarpur village has 152 males and 143 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akbarpur has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 892.

The pincode recorded for Akbarpur is 140013. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akbarpur covers 114 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akbarpur falls under Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Akbarpur is Morinda Junction, about 3.0 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Akbarpur.

Akbarpur is about 19 km from Rupnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akbarpur is in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district. Morinda Junction is about 3.0 km away. Morinda is about 3.7 km away. Chamkaur Sahib is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chotamla (under 2 km), Dhangrali (under 2 km) and Man Kheri (1.8 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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