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About Akhtyarpur Village

Akhtyarpur is a small village in Colonelganj tehsil, in the district of Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 275, made up of 154 males and 121 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 786 females per 1000 males. The village covers 81.04 hectares hectares.

Akhtyarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akhtyarpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gonda
Tehsil Colonelganj
Area (hectares) 81.04 hectares
Population 275
Male Population 154
Female Population 121
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 786
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Akhtyarpur compares

By the 2011 count Akhtyarpur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,125 residents. Its 81.04 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 912.

Getting to Akhtyarpur

Akhtyarpur 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 Akhtyarpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Akhtyarpur from other places

Akhtyarpur lies about 34 km from Gonda, and the nearest railway station is Sarju, about 3.4 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 Akhtyarpur
Nearest railway station Sarju 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Colonelganj 9.8 km
District headquarters Gonda 34 km

Villages closest to Akhtyarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akhtyarpur village had a population of 275. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,125 residents.

Akhtyarpur village has 154 males and 121 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akhtyarpur has about 786 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Akhtyarpur covers 81.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akhtyarpur falls under Colonelganj tehsil of Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Akhtyarpur is Sarju, about 3.4 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 for Akhtyarpur.

Akhtyarpur is about 34 km from Gonda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akhtyarpur is in Colonelganj tehsil of Gonda district. Sarju is about 3.4 km away. Colonelganj is about 9.8 km away. Gonda is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chamari (under 2 km), Rudauliya (under 2 km) and Dudi (under 2 km).

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

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