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About Akhepur Village

Akhepur is a mid sized village in Sagwara tehsil, in the district of Dungarpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 761, made up of 365 males and 396 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,085 females per 1000 males. The village covers 158.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 314024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akhepur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akhepur village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Dungarpur
Tehsil Sagwara
Pincode 314024
Area (hectares) 158.96 hectares
Population 761
Male Population 365
Female Population 396
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,085
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akhepur compares

By the 2011 count Akhepur is the 157th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents. Its 158.96 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Akhepur

Akhepur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akhepur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akhepur from other places

Akhepur lies about 30 km from Dungarpur, and the nearest railway station is Kotana, about 32 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 Akhepur
Tehsil headquarters Sagwara 12 km
Nearest town Sāgwāra 12 km
District headquarters Dungarpur 30 km
Nearest railway station Kotana 32 km

Villages closest to Akhepur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akhepur village had a population of 761. That makes it the 157th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents.

Akhepur village has 365 males and 396 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akhepur has about 1085 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

The pincode recorded for Akhepur is 314024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akhepur covers 158.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akhepur falls under Sagwara tehsil of Dungarpur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Akhepur is Kotana, about 32 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 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 Akhepur.

Akhepur is about 30 km from Dungarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akhepur is in Sagwara tehsil of Dungarpur district. Sagwara is about 12 km away. Sāgwāra is about 12 km away. Dungarpur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gamri Devki (under 2 km), Kheriya (2.0 km) and Dhani Barwa (2.2 km).

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

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