About Akkur Village

Akkur is a large village in Cheyyar tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,896, made up of 1,454 males and 1,442 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 992 females per 1000 males. The village covers 784.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 631701, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akkur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akkur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Cheyyar
Pincode	631701
Area (hectares)	784.34 hectares
Population	2,896
Male Population	1,454
Female Population	1,442
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	992
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 21 km distance

How Akkur compares

By the 2011 count Akkur is the 14th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents. Its 784.34 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Akkur

Akkur 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 Akkur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 21 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akkur from other places

Akkur lies about 80 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Kanchipuram East, about 19 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 Akkur
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyar	11 km
Nearest railway station	Kanchipuram East	19 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	80 km

Villages closest to Akkur

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

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Common questions about Akkur

As per the Census of India 2011, Akkur village had a population of 2,896. That makes it the 14th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents.

Akkur village has 1,454 males and 1,442 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akkur has about 992 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Akkur is 631701. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akkur covers 784.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akkur falls under Cheyyar tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Akkur is Kanchipuram East, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 21 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Akkur.

Akkur is about 80 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akkur is in Cheyyar tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Cheyyar is about 11 km away. Kanchipuram East is about 19 km away. Tiruvannamalai is about 80 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.