Akalgarh, Phagwara

Akalgarh
Village
Akalgarh
Location in Punjab, India
Akalgarh
Akalgarh (India)
Coordinates: 31°13′26″N 75°46′15″E / 31.224020°N 75.770801°E / 31.224020; 75.770801Coordinates: 31°13′26″N 75°46′15″E / 31.224020°N 75.770801°E / 31.224020; 75.770801
Country  India
State Punjab
District Kapurthala
Government
 • Type Panchayati raj (India)
 • Body Gram panchayat
Population (2011)
 • Total 1,104[1]
  Sex ratio 561/543♂/♀
Languages
 • Official Punjabi
 • Other spoken Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 144401
Telephone code 01822
ISO 3166 code IN-PB
Vehicle registration PB-09
Website kapurthala.gov.in

Akalgarh is a village in Tehsil Phagwara, Kapurthala district, in Punjab, India. It is located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) away from sub-district headquarter Phagwara and 45 km away from district headquarter Kapurthala. The village is administrated by a Sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per the constitution of India and Panchayati raj (India). [2]

Demography

According to the report published by Census India in 2011, Akalgarh has 228 houses with the total population of 1,104 persons of which 561 are male and 543 females. Literacy rate of Akalgarh is 80.39%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children in the age group 0–6 years is 140 which is 12.68% of the total population. Child sex ratio is approximately 892, higher than the state average of 846.[3]

Population data

ParticularsTotalMaleFemale
Total No. of Houses228--
Population1,104561543
Child (0-6)1407466
Schedule Caste619318301
Schedule Tribe000
Literacy80.39 %85.01 %75.68 %
Total Workers33229933
Main Worker21600
Marginal Worker1169521

Transport

Mandhali Railway Station, Phagwara Junction Railway Station are the very nearby railway stations to Akalgarh however, Jalandhar City Rail Way station is 25 km away from the village. The village is 120 km away from Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport in Amritsar and the another nearest airport is Sahnewal Airport in Ludhiana which is located 45 km away from the village.

References

  1. ↑ "Akalgarh Population per Census 2011". census2011.co.in.
  2. ↑ "About the village". onefivenine.com.
  3. ↑ "Akalgarh, India". census2011.co.in. Retrieved 29 July 2016.



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