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About Akhawas Village

Akhawas is a mid sized village in Merta tehsil, in the district of Nagaur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 994, made up of 511 males and 483 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 979.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 341513, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akhawas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akhawas village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Nagaur
Tehsil Merta
Pincode 341513
Area (hectares) 979.36 hectares
Population 994
Male Population 511
Female Population 483
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 945
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akhawas compares

By the 2011 count Akhawas is the 98th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,565 residents. Its 979.36 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 958.

Getting to Akhawas

Akhawas is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Akhawas 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akhawas from other places

Akhawas lies about 95 km from Nagaur, and the nearest railway station is Ras, about 22 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 Akhawas
Nearest railway station Ras 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Merta 28 km
District headquarters Nagaur 95 km

Villages closest to Akhawas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akhawas village had a population of 994. That makes it the 98th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,565 residents.

Akhawas village has 511 males and 483 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akhawas has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Akhawas is 341513. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akhawas covers 979.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Akhawas falls under Merta tehsil of Nagaur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Akhawas is Ras, about 22 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 5 - 10 km distance for Akhawas.

Akhawas is about 95 km from Nagaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akhawas is in Merta tehsil of Nagaur district. Ras is about 22 km away. Merta is about 28 km away. Nagaur is about 95 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dasawas (under 2 km), Loongiya (2.3 km) and Rohisi (4.0 km).

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

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