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About Akaripur Village

Akaripur is a mid sized village in Soraon tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,258, made up of 650 males and 608 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.28 hectares hectares.

Akaripur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akaripur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Allahabad
Tehsil Soraon
Area (hectares) 67.28 hectares
Population 1,258
Male Population 650
Female Population 608
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 935
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Akaripur compares

By the 2011 count Akaripur is the 220th largest of the 398 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,909 residents. Its 67.28 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Akaripur

Akaripur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Akaripur as Available within <5 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 Akaripur from other places

Akaripur lies about 18 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Phaphamau Junction, about 9.1 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 Akaripur
Tehsil headquarters Soraon under 2 km
Nearest railway station Phaphamau Junction 9.1 km
Nearest town Mau Aimma 12 km
District headquarters Allahabad 18 km

Villages closest to Akaripur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akaripur village had a population of 1,258. That makes it the 220th largest of the 398 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,909 residents.

Akaripur village has 650 males and 608 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akaripur has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 933.

Akaripur covers 67.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Akaripur falls under Soraon tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Akaripur is Phaphamau Junction, about 9.1 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Akaripur.

Akaripur is about 18 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akaripur is in Soraon tehsil of Allahabad district. Soraon is about under 2 km away. Phaphamau Junction is about 9.1 km away. Mau Aimma is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dandoopur (under 2 km), Dhamapur Abdalpur (under 2 km) and Dhamapur Balkaranpur (under 2 km).

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

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