About Akurahwan Village

Akurahwan is a large village in Tan Kuppa tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,906, made up of 1,989 males and 1,917 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 964 females per 1000 males. The village covers 355 hectares hectares.

Akurahwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akurahwan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Tan Kuppa
Area (hectares)	355 hectares
Population	3,906
Male Population	1,989
Female Population	1,917
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	964
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Akurahwan compares

By the 2011 count Akurahwan is the 6th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,301 residents. Its 355 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Akurahwan

Akurahwan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Akurahwan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Akurahwan from other places

Akurahwan lies about 11 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Bandhua, about 3.7 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 Akurahwan
Nearest railway station	Bandhua	3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tan Kuppa	6.3 km
Nearest town	Bodh Gaya	9.1 km
District headquarters	Gaya	11 km

Villages closest to Akurahwan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tan Kuppa 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 Akurahwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Akurahwan village had a population of 3,906. That makes it the 6th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,301 residents.

Akurahwan village has 1,989 males and 1,917 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akurahwan has about 964 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 956.

Akurahwan covers 355 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Akurahwan falls under Tan Kuppa tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Akurahwan is Bandhua, about 3.7 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 10+ km distance for Akurahwan.

Akurahwan is about 11 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akurahwan is in Tan Kuppa tehsil of Gaya district. Bandhua is about 3.7 km away. Tan Kuppa is about 6.3 km away. Bodh Gaya is about 9.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.