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About Akhori Village

Akhori is a mid sized village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,136, made up of 502 males and 634 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,263 females per 1000 males. The village covers 262 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akhori Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akhori village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Ghansali
Pincode 249155
Area (hectares) 262 hectares
Population 1,136
Male Population 502
Female Population 634
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,263
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akhori compares

By the 2011 count Akhori is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 262 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1240.

Getting to Akhori

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

Akhori lies about 50 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 25 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 Akhori
Tehsil headquarters Ghansali 7.1 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 25 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 25 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 50 km

Villages closest to Akhori

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akhori village had a population of 1,136. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Akhori village has 502 males and 634 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akhori has about 1263 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1240.

The pincode recorded for Akhori is 249155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akhori covers 262 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akhori falls under Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Akhori is Kotdwara, about 25 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Akhori.

Akhori is about 50 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akhori is in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Ghansali is about 7.1 km away. Kotdwāra is about 25 km away. Kotdwara is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Patur Gaon (under 2 km), Kumar Gaon (under 2 km) and Kyarada (1.6 km).

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

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