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About Akorha Village

Akorha is a mid sized village in Pindra tehsil, in the district of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,930, made up of 906 males and 1,024 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,130 females per 1000 males. The village covers 342.54 hectares hectares.

Akorha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akorha village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Varanasi
Tehsil Pindra
Area (hectares) 342.54 hectares
Population 1,930
Male Population 906
Female Population 1,024
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,130
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Akorha compares

By the 2011 count Akorha is the 97th largest of the 401 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,466 residents. Its 342.54 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Akorha

Akorha is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Akorha as Available within 10+ 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akorha from other places

Akorha lies about 69 km from Varanasi, and the nearest railway station is Atraura Halt, about 8.7 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 Akorha
Nearest railway station Atraura Halt 8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Pindra 13 km
Nearest town Gyānpur 16 km
District headquarters Varanasi 69 km

Villages closest to Akorha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akorha village had a population of 1,930. That makes it the 97th largest of the 401 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,466 residents.

Akorha village has 906 males and 1,024 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akorha has about 1130 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Akorha covers 342.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akorha falls under Pindra tehsil of Varanasi district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Akorha is Atraura Halt, about 8.7 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Akorha.

Akorha is about 69 km from Varanasi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akorha is in Pindra tehsil of Varanasi district. Atraura Halt is about 8.7 km away. Pindra is about 13 km away. Gyānpur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shahpur (under 2 km), Dashrathpur (under 2 km) and Gokulpur (under 2 km).

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

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