Akbarpur is a village in Bhulath Tehsil in Kapurthala district of

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, India. It is located from

Bhulath Population Bholath is a town and a nagar panchayat in Kapurthala district in the state of Punjab, India. Bholath was town of raja Bharat. Khassan is a village near to Bholath which is approximately 2.4 km. Demographics India census, Bhol ...

, away from district headquarter

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. The village is administrated by a

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, who is an

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Demography

According to the report published by

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in 2011, Akbarpur has 268 houses with the total population of 1,175 persons of which 584 are male and 591 females.

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rate of Akbarpur is 75.07%, lower than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children in the age group 0–6 years is 128 which is 10.89% of the total population. Child sex ratio is approximately 600, lower than the state average of 846.

Population data

As per census 2011, 294 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Akbarpur which includes 264 males and 30 females. According to census survey report 2011, 93.54% workers (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) describe their work as main work and 6.46% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.

Caste

The village has schedule caste (SC) constitutes 48.00% of total population of the village and it doesn't have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

List of cities near the village

Phagwara Phagwara (; ISO 15919, ISO: ''Phagawāṛā'') is a city and a municipal corporation in the Kapurthala district of Punjab, India, Punjab. It is located from the district headquarters of Kapurthala, from the national capital New Delhi, from St ...

Sultanpur Lodhi Sultanpur Lodhi is a city and a Municipal Council, from Kapurthala city in the Kapurthala district in the Indian state of Punjab. The town is named after its founder, Bahlul Khan Lodi, the future Sultan of Delhi who renamed the town in 1 ...

Air travel connectivity

The closest International airport to the village is

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Villages in Kapurthala

Villages in Kapurthala district {{Kapurthala-geo-stub