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About Akanwali Village

Akanwali is a large village in Budhlada tehsil, in the district of Mansa, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,525, made up of 1,889 males and 1,636 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1140 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 151502, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akanwali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akanwali village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Mansa
Tehsil Budhlada
Pincode 151502
Area (hectares) 1140 hectares
Population 3,525
Male Population 1,889
Female Population 1,636
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 866
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akanwali compares

By the 2011 count Akanwali is the 16th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,484 residents. Its 1140 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 883.

Getting to Akanwali

Akanwali is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akanwali as Available within 5 - 10 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 Akanwali from other places

Akanwali lies about 14 km from Mansa, and the nearest railway station is Narinderpura, about 11 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 Akanwali
Nearest railway station Narinderpura 11 km
District headquarters Mansa 14 km
Nearest town Mānsa 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Budhlada 15 km

Villages closest to Akanwali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akanwali village had a population of 3,525. That makes it the 16th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,484 residents.

Akanwali village has 1,889 males and 1,636 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akanwali has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 883.

The pincode recorded for Akanwali is 151502. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akanwali covers 1140 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akanwali falls under Budhlada tehsil of Mansa district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Akanwali is Narinderpura, about 11 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 village for Akanwali.

Akanwali is about 14 km from Mansa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akanwali is in Budhlada tehsil of Mansa district. Narinderpura is about 11 km away. Mansa is about 14 km away. Mānsa is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Joian (2.7 km), Lakhmirwala (2.8 km) and Mandhali (3.0 km).

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

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