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About Akauna Village

Akauna is a large village in Makhdumpur tehsil, in the district of Jehanabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,474, made up of 1,256 males and 1,218 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 970 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241 hectares hectares.

Akauna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akauna village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Jehanabad
Tehsil Makhdumpur
Area (hectares) 241 hectares
Population 2,474
Male Population 1,256
Female Population 1,218
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 970
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Akauna compares

By the 2011 count Akauna is the 33rd largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,074 residents. Its 241 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 929.

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 5 - 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 19 km from Jehanabad, and the nearest railway station is Ner Halt, about 2.9 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 Ner Halt 2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Makhdumpur 3.7 km
District headquarters Jehanabad 19 km

Villages closest to Akauna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akauna village had a population of 2,474. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,074 residents.

Akauna village has 1,256 males and 1,218 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akauna has about 970 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Akauna covers 241 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Akauna falls under Makhdumpur tehsil of Jehanabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Akauna is Ner Halt, about 2.9 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Akauna.

Akauna is about 19 km from Jehanabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akauna is in Makhdumpur tehsil of Jehanabad district. Ner Halt is about 2.9 km away. Makhdumpur is about 3.7 km away. Jehanabad is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jaitia (under 2 km), Ankupur (1.7 km) and Katrasin (1.9 km).

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

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