About Akauna Village

Akauna is one of the larger villages in Barhara tehsil, in the district of Bhojpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,597, made up of 4,167 males and 3,430 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 823 females per 1000 males. The village covers 605 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 802311, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akauna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akauna village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhojpur
Tehsil	Barhara
Pincode	802311
Area (hectares)	605 hectares
Population	7,597
Male Population	4,167
Female Population	3,430
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	823
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Akauna compares

By the 2011 count Akauna is the 7th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 3,735 residents. Its 605 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Akauna

Akauna is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Akauna as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akauna from other places

Akauna lies about 164 km from Bhojpur, and the nearest railway station is Inarwa, about 12 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Akauna
Nearest railway station	Inarwa	12 km
Nearest town	Jainagar	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barhara	33 km
District headquarters	Bhojpur	164 km

Villages closest to Akauna

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barhara tehsil.

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.

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Common questions about Akauna

As per the Census of India 2011, Akauna village had a population of 7,597. That makes it the 7th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,735 residents.

Akauna village has 4,167 males and 3,430 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akauna has about 823 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 878.

The pincode recorded for Akauna is 802311. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akauna covers 605 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Akauna falls under Barhara tehsil of Bhojpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Akauna is Inarwa, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Akauna.

Akauna is about 164 km from Bhojpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akauna is in Barhara tehsil of Bhojpur district. Inarwa is about 12 km away. Jainagar is about 13 km away. Barhara is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.