About Akuwal Village

Akuwal is a small village in Jagraon tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 446, made up of 210 males and 236 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,124 females per 1000 males. The village covers 191 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 142025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akuwal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akuwal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Jagraon
Pincode	142025
Area (hectares)	191 hectares
Population	446
Male Population	210
Female Population	236
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,124
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 Akuwal compares

By the 2011 count Akuwal is the 123rd largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents. Its 191 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Akuwal

Akuwal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Akuwal 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 Akuwal from other places

Akuwal lies about 33 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Sidhwan, about 15 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 Akuwal
Nearest railway station	Sidhwan	15 km
Nearest town	Nakodar	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jagraon	20 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	33 km

Villages closest to Akuwal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akuwal village had a population of 446. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents.

Akuwal village has 210 males and 236 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akuwal has about 1124 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Akuwal is 142025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akuwal covers 191 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akuwal falls under Jagraon tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Akuwal is Sidhwan, about 15 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 Akuwal.

Akuwal is about 33 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akuwal is in Jagraon tehsil of Ludhiana district. Sidhwan is about 15 km away. Nakodar is about 18 km away. Jagraon is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.