About Akauna Village

Akauna is a large village in Ben tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,393, made up of 1,792 males and 1,601 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 342 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 803117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akauna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akauna village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Tehsil	Ben
Pincode	803117
Area (hectares)	342 hectares
Population	3,393
Male Population	1,792
Female Population	1,601
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
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 8th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,731 residents. Its 342 hectares work out to about 9.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 911.

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 12 km from Nalanda. 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 town	Silao	4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ben	5.5 km
District headquarters	Nalanda	12 km

Villages closest to Akauna

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ben 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 3,393. That makes it the 8th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,731 residents.

Akauna village has 1,792 males and 1,601 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akauna has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 911.

The pincode recorded for Akauna is 803117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akauna covers 342 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Akauna falls under Ben tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The census record for Akauna notes the nearest railway station 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 12 km from Nalanda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akauna is in Ben tehsil of Nalanda district. Silao is about 4.7 km away. Ben is about 5.5 km away. Nalanda is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.