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About Akauna Village

Akauna is a mid sized village in Salempur tehsil, in the district of Deoria, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,118, made up of 603 males and 515 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 274505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akauna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akauna village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Deoria
Tehsil Salempur
Pincode 274505
Area (hectares) 85.27 hectares
Population 1,118
Male Population 603
Female Population 515
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 854
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Akauna compares

By the 2011 count Akauna is the 150th largest of the 440 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,116 residents. Its 85.27 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Akauna

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

Akauna lies about 34 km from Deoria, and the nearest railway station is Salempur Junction, about 7.2 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 Akauna
Nearest town Lar 5.1 km
Nearest railway station Salempur Junction 7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Salempur 7.4 km
District headquarters Deoria 34 km

Villages closest to Akauna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akauna village had a population of 1,118. That makes it the 150th largest of the 440 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,116 residents.

Akauna village has 603 males and 515 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akauna has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Akauna is 274505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akauna covers 85.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Akauna falls under Salempur tehsil of Deoria district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Akauna is Salempur Junction, about 7.2 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Akauna.

Akauna is about 34 km from Deoria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akauna is in Salempur tehsil of Deoria district. Lar is about 5.1 km away. Salempur Junction is about 7.2 km away. Salempur is about 7.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amouna (under 2 km), Jamuna (under 2 km) and Math Amouna (under 2 km).

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

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