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About Akohari Village

Akohari is a mid sized village in Colonelganj tehsil, in the district of Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,828, made up of 957 males and 871 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 315.73 hectares hectares.

Akohari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akohari village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gonda
Tehsil Colonelganj
Area (hectares) 315.73 hectares
Population 1,828
Male Population 957
Female Population 871
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 910
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Akohari compares

By the 2011 count Akohari is the 180th largest of the 384 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,125 residents. Its 315.73 hectares work out to about 5.8 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 912.

Getting to Akohari

Akohari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Akohari 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akohari from other places

Akohari lies about 24 km from Gonda, and the nearest railway station is Kasturi, 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 Akohari
Tehsil headquarters Colonelganj 12 km
Nearest railway station Kasturi 12 km
District headquarters Gonda 24 km

Villages closest to Akohari

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 Akohari

As per the Census of India 2011, Akohari village had a population of 1,828. That makes it the 180th largest of the 384 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,125 residents.

Akohari village has 957 males and 871 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akohari has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

Akohari covers 315.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Akohari is Kasturi, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Akohari.

Akohari is about 24 km from Gonda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akohari is in Colonelganj tehsil of Gonda district. Colonelganj is about 12 km away. Kasturi is about 12 km away. Gonda is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basantpur Anta (1.8 km), Basantpur Harsingh Patti (1.8 km) and Basantpur Kamiyar (1.8 km).

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

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