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About Akardhar Village

Akardhar is a small village in Ukhimath tehsil, in the district of Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 20, made up of 9 males and 11 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,222 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246439, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akardhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akardhar village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Rudraprayag
Tehsil Ukhimath
Pincode 246439
Area (hectares) 22.61 hectares
Population 20
Male Population 9
Female Population 11
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,222
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akardhar compares

By the 2011 count Akardhar is the 212th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 369 residents. Its 22.61 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1076.

Getting to Akardhar

Akardhar is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Akardhar as Available within 5 - 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akardhar from other places

Akardhar lies about 17 km from Rudraprayag, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 83 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 Akardhar
Tehsil headquarters Ukhimath 12 km
District headquarters Rudraprayag 17 km
Nearest town Srīnagar 35 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 83 km

Villages closest to Akardhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akardhar village had a population of 20. That makes it the 212th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 369 residents.

Akardhar village has 9 males and 11 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akardhar has about 1222 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1076.

The pincode recorded for Akardhar is 246439. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akardhar covers 22.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Akardhar falls under Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Akardhar is Rishikesh, about 83 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 <5 km distance for Akardhar.

Akardhar is about 17 km from Rudraprayag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akardhar is in Ukhimath tehsil of Rudraprayag district. Ukhimath is about 12 km away. Rudraprayag is about 17 km away. Srīnagar is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhar (under 2 km), Dharsemi (under 2 km) and Dharwal Gaon (under 2 km).

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

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