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About Akhrad Village

Akhrad is a mid sized village in Raniwara tehsil, in the district of Jalor, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,364, made up of 704 males and 660 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 916 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 343039, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akhrad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akhrad village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jalor
Tehsil Raniwara
Pincode 343039
Area (hectares) 916 hectares
Population 1,364
Male Population 704
Female Population 660
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 938
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Akhrad compares

By the 2011 count Akhrad is the 57th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,180 residents. Its 916 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Akhrad

Akhrad 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 Akhrad 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akhrad from other places

Akhrad lies about 69 km from Jalor, and the nearest railway station is Malwara, about under 2 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 Akhrad
Nearest railway station Malwara under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Raniwara 9.8 km
Nearest town Bhīnmāl 21 km
District headquarters Jalor 69 km

Villages closest to Akhrad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akhrad village had a population of 1,364. That makes it the 57th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,180 residents.

Akhrad village has 704 males and 660 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akhrad has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Akhrad is 343039. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akhrad covers 916 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Akhrad falls under Raniwara tehsil of Jalor district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Akhrad is Malwara, about under 2 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Akhrad.

Akhrad is about 69 km from Jalor in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akhrad is in Raniwara tehsil of Jalor district. Malwara is about under 2 km away. Raniwara is about 9.8 km away. Bhīnmāl is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kotra (1.9 km), Dadoki (2.7 km) and Vada (3.1 km).

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

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