# Akrajan Village, Khairagarh, Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Khairagarh, Rajnandgaon 

# Akrajan

Akrajan is a village in Khairagarh sub-district of Rajnandgaon district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **491881**. The 2011 Census counted **915 people in 185 households**, the 68th largest of 218 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 915people (2011)
- 185households
- 74.1%literacy
- 491881PIN code

## Akrajan PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Akrajan is 491881.** Akrajan falls in Khairagarh sub-district, Rajnandgaon district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code491881
- Gram panchayatAkrajan
- Community development blockKhairagarh
- Census village code440434

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Akrajan from nearby towns?

- Khairagarh (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Rajnandgaon (district HQ)43 km by road
- Khairagarh (nearest town)3 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Akrajan?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Akrajan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Khairagarh
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Khairagarh
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Rajnandgaon
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Akrajan known for?

About 60% of the 543 hectares of village land is sown, and 174 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Akrajan

Of every 100 households in Akrajan in 2011, 82 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Akrajan · ■ Khairagarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**77%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**99%

Use banking services ****12%**

**62%

Television ****11%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****51%**

**21%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Akrajan?

■ Akrajan · ■ Khairagarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.1%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****993**

**1024

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****819**

**996

Working population ****50.8%**

**56.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.4% for men and 67.0% for women. 50% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 62 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 121 (26%) · **■** Other work 9 (2%) · **■** Marginal 273 (59%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Khairagarh

- Mandla957 people
- Keshla952 people
- Sandi949 people
- Bicharpur948 people
- Kekrajbod910 people
- Bajguda904 people
- Jalbandha886 people
- Peti881 people

[All 226 villages in Khairagarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/rajnandgaon/khairagarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Akrajan?491881
- How far is Akrajan from Rajnandgaon?43 km by road
- What is the population of Akrajan?915 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akrajan in?Rajnandgaon district (Khairagarh sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Akrajan?74.1% (Census 2011)