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About Akbarabad Village

Akbarabad is a mid sized village in Krityanand Nagar tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 798, made up of 428 males and 370 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206 hectares hectares.

Akbarabad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akbarabad village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Krityanand Nagar
Area (hectares) 206 hectares
Population 798
Male Population 428
Female Population 370
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 864
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Akbarabad compares

By the 2011 count Akbarabad is the 41st largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,485 residents. Its 206 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Akbarabad

Akbarabad is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Akbarabad as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Akbarabad from other places

Akbarabad lies about 32 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Kusiargaon, about 6.7 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 Akbarabad
Nearest railway station Kusiargaon 6.7 km
Nearest town Arāria 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Krityanand Nagar 30 km
District headquarters Purnia 32 km

Villages closest to Akbarabad

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Krityanand Nagar 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 Akbarabad

As per the Census of India 2011, Akbarabad village had a population of 798. That makes it the 41st largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,485 residents.

Akbarabad village has 428 males and 370 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akbarabad has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

Akbarabad covers 206 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akbarabad falls under Krityanand Nagar tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Akbarabad is Kusiargaon, about 6.7 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 km distance for Akbarabad.

Akbarabad is about 32 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akbarabad is in Krityanand Nagar tehsil of Purnia district. Kusiargaon is about 6.7 km away. Arāria is about 11 km away. Krityanand Nagar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rahua (9.2 km), Rahua Milik (9.2 km) and Satkadaria Milik Bai (11 km).

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

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