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About Akalgarh Village

Akalgarh is a mid sized village in Kharar tehsil, in the district of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 622, made up of 317 males and 305 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 962 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140901, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akalgarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akalgarh village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Tehsil Kharar
Pincode 140901
Area (hectares) 114 hectares
Population 622
Male Population 317
Female Population 305
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 962
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Akalgarh compares

By the 2011 count Akalgarh is the 98th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 923 residents. Its 114 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 875.

Getting to Akalgarh

Akalgarh is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akalgarh as Available within 5 - 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 Akalgarh from other places

Akalgarh lies about 23 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Chatouli, about 2.5 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 Akalgarh
Nearest railway station Chatouli 2.5 km
Nearest town Kūrāli 4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Kharar 14 km
District headquarters Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar 23 km

Villages closest to Akalgarh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akalgarh village had a population of 622. That makes it the 98th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 923 residents.

Akalgarh village has 317 males and 305 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akalgarh has about 962 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 875.

The pincode recorded for Akalgarh is 140901. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akalgarh covers 114 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akalgarh falls under Kharar tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Akalgarh is Chatouli, about 2.5 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 village for Akalgarh.

Akalgarh is about 23 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akalgarh is in Kharar tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. Chatouli is about 2.5 km away. Kūrāli is about 4.4 km away. Kharar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Salempur Kalan (under 2 km), Bhup Nagar (under 2 km) and Mehrampur (under 2 km).

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

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