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About Akrua Village

Akrua is a large village in Piro tehsil, in the district of Bhojpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,309, made up of 1,643 males and 1,666 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 395 hectares hectares.

Akrua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akrua village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Bhojpur
Tehsil Piro
Area (hectares) 395 hectares
Population 3,309
Male Population 1,643
Female Population 1,666
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Akrua compares

By the 2011 count Akrua is the 17th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,171 residents. Its 395 hectares work out to about 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Akrua

Akrua is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akrua as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akrua from other places

Akrua lies about 27 km from Bhojpur, and the nearest railway station is Araria Court, about 3.3 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 Akrua
Nearest railway station Araria Court 3.3 km
Nearest town Arāria 4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Piro 27 km
District headquarters Bhojpur 27 km

Villages closest to Akrua

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

Common questions about Akrua

As per the Census of India 2011, Akrua village had a population of 3,309. That makes it the 17th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,171 residents.

Akrua village has 1,643 males and 1,666 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akrua has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 936.

Akrua covers 395 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Akrua falls under Piro tehsil of Bhojpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Akrua is Araria Court, about 3.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Akrua.

Akrua is about 27 km from Bhojpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akrua is in Piro tehsil of Bhojpur district. Araria Court is about 3.3 km away. Arāria is about 4.3 km away. Piro is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basmanpur (under 2 km), Barao (11 km) and Barauli (11 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Akrua today is likely to be higher.

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