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- LGD code
- 255660
- Pincode
- 804405
- Post office
- Dharaut
- Population
- 727
- Households
- 103
- Literacy rate
- 42.4%
- Sex ratio
- 850 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 404
2011 സെൻസസ് · താരതമ്യത്തിൽ
Akothara താരതമ്യം
By population, Akothara ranks #100 of 182 villages in Gurua mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.4%
−9.7% vs mandal average
- Akothara
- 42.4%
- Gurua mandal
- 52.1%
- Gaya district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
850
−90 vs mandal average
- Akothara
- 850
- Gurua mandal
- 940
Household size
people per home
7.1
+0.9 vs mandal average
- Akothara
- 7.1
- Gurua mandal
- 6.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Akothara ഒറ്റനോട്ടത്തിൽ
Akothara ബിഹാർയിലെ ഗയ ജില്ല, Gurua ബ്ലോക്ക്ൽ 727 പേർ 103 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Gurua ബ്ലോക്ക്ലെ 182 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 100-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 42%, ബ്ലോക്ക് ശരാശരി 52% നേക്കാൾ 10 പോയിന്റ് കുറവ് ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 850 സ്ത്രീകൾ. പിൻകോഡ് 804405, Dharaut പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 255660. ഗ്രാമം Mohiuddinnagar നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Rajesh Kumar Singh. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 857, 2011നെക്കാൾ 18% കൂടുതൽ.
ഗ്രാമപഞ്ചായത്ത്: Chilor →
സമീപ ഗ്രാമങ്ങളുടെ താരതമ്യം
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Akothara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SHERGHATI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 36
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Chilor
- Total area (ha)
- 154
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 73.01
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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പ്രധാന വിവരങ്ങൾ — Akothara
- LGD code
- 255660
- Pincode
- 804405
- Post office
- Dharaut
- Population (Census 2011)
- 727
- Population (projected 2026)
- 857
- Households
- 103
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 850
- Literacy rate
- 42.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ujiarpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mohiuddinnagar
- Member of Parliament
- Nityanand Rai
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajesh Kumar Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Gurua
അതേ പിൻകോഡ്
Villages sharing pincode 804405
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Akothara
Gurua മണ്ഡലം മറ്റ് ഗ്രാമങ്ങൾ
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)