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About Akauna Village

Akauna is a mid sized village in Masaurhi tehsil, in the district of Patna, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 993, made up of 527 males and 466 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 107 hectares hectares.

Akauna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akauna village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Patna
Tehsil Masaurhi
Area (hectares) 107 hectares
Population 993
Male Population 527
Female Population 466
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 884
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 63rd largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,885 residents. Its 107 hectares work out to about 9.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

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 23 km from Patna, and the nearest railway station is Nadwan, about 1.6 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 Nadwan 1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Masaurhi 5.8 km
Nearest town Masaurhi Buzurg 5.8 km
District headquarters Patna 23 km

Villages closest to Akauna

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Masaurhi 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 993. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,885 residents.

Akauna village has 527 males and 466 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akauna has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

Akauna covers 107 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Akauna falls under Masaurhi tehsil of Patna district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Akauna is Nadwan, about 1.6 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 23 km from Patna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akauna is in Masaurhi tehsil of Patna district. Nadwan is about 1.6 km away. Masaurhi is about 5.8 km away. Masaurhi Buzurg is about 5.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chapaur (under 2 km), Chananpur (under 2 km) and Gurpati Chak (under 2 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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