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About Akherighata Village

Akherighata is a small village in Murshidabad Jiaganj tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8, made up of 4 males and 4 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akherighata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akherighata village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Murshidabad
Tehsil Murshidabad Jiaganj
Pincode 742113
Area (hectares) 73.77 hectares
Population 8
Male Population 4
Female Population 4
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Akherighata compares

By the 2011 count Akherighata is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,847 residents. Its 73.77 hectares work out to about 0.1 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 941.

Getting to Akherighata

Akherighata 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 Akherighata as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Akbarpur, Aliganj, Amaipara and Ambarnagar. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Akherighata

As per the Census of India 2011, Akherighata village had a population of 8. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,847 residents.

Akherighata village has 4 males and 4 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akherighata has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Akherighata is 742113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akherighata covers 73.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Akherighata falls under Murshidabad Jiaganj tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The census record for Akherighata notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Akherighata.

Akherighata is in Murshidabad Jiaganj tehsil of Murshidabad district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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