About Akhera Village

Akhera is a mid sized village in Dhampur tehsil, in the district of Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,348, made up of 697 males and 651 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 251.07 hectares hectares.

Akhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akhera village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Bijnor
Tehsil	Dhampur
Area (hectares)	251.07 hectares
Population	1,348
Male Population	697
Female Population	651
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Akhera compares

By the 2011 count Akhera is the 214th largest of the 633 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,280 residents. Its 251.07 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Akhera

Akhera is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akhera 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 Akhera from other places

Akhera lies about 31 km from Bijnor, and the nearest railway station is Chakraj Mal, about 12 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 Akhera
Nearest town	Nūrpur	8.6 km
Nearest railway station	Chakraj Mal	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhampur	13 km
District headquarters	Bijnor	31 km

Villages closest to Akhera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akhera village had a population of 1,348. That makes it the 214th largest of the 633 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,280 residents.

Akhera village has 697 males and 651 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akhera has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 925.

Akhera covers 251.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akhera falls under Dhampur tehsil of Bijnor district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Akhera is Chakraj Mal, about 12 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 Akhera.

Akhera is about 31 km from Bijnor in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akhera is in Dhampur tehsil of Bijnor district. Nūrpur is about 8.6 km away. Chakraj Mal is about 12 km away. Dhampur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.