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About Akkunji Village

Akkunji is a mid sized village in Siddapur tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,137, made up of 563 males and 574 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 676.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581355, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akkunji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akkunji village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Siddapur
Pincode 581355
Area (hectares) 676.7 hectares
Population 1,137
Male Population 563
Female Population 574
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,020
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akkunji compares

By the 2011 count Akkunji is the 14th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 427 residents. Its 676.7 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Akkunji

Akkunji is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akkunji as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Akkunji from other places

Akkunji lies about 54 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Talaguppa, about 10 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 Akkunji
Tehsil headquarters Siddapur 4.2 km
Nearest railway station Talaguppa 10 km
Nearest town Sāgar 21 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 54 km

Villages closest to Akkunji

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akkunji village had a population of 1,137. That makes it the 14th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 427 residents.

Akkunji village has 563 males and 574 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akkunji has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Akkunji is 581355. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akkunji covers 676.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Akkunji falls under Siddapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Akkunji is Talaguppa, about 10 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Akkunji.

Akkunji is about 54 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akkunji is in Siddapur tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Siddapur is about 4.2 km away. Talaguppa is about 10 km away. Sāgar is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mattigar (2.2 km), Golgod (2.4 km) and Mugdur (2.6 km).

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

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