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About Akhanpura Village

Akhanpura is a mid sized village in Rasra tehsil, in the district of Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 667, made up of 352 males and 315 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 125.35 hectares hectares.

Akhanpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akhanpura village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ballia
Tehsil Rasra
Area (hectares) 125.35 hectares
Population 667
Male Population 352
Female Population 315
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Akhanpura compares

By the 2011 count Akhanpura is the 190th largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,501 residents. Its 125.35 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Akhanpura

The census records public bus service for Akhanpura as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Akhanpura from other places

Akhanpura lies about 18 km from Ballia, and the nearest railway station is Baheri, about 4.9 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 Akhanpura
Nearest railway station Baheri 4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Rasra 18 km
District headquarters Ballia 18 km

Villages closest to Akhanpura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akhanpura village had a population of 667. That makes it the 190th largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,501 residents.

Akhanpura village has 352 males and 315 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akhanpura has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

Akhanpura covers 125.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akhanpura falls under Rasra tehsil of Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Akhanpura is Baheri, about 4.9 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Akhanpura.

Akhanpura is about 18 km from Ballia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akhanpura is in Rasra tehsil of Ballia district. Baheri is about 4.9 km away. Rasra is about 18 km away. Ballia is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Arazi Mafi Takha (under 2 km), Chak Dhakha (under 2 km) and Dhakha T Kope (under 2 km).

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

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