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About Akuwapar Village

Akuwapar is a mid sized village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,666, made up of 883 males and 783 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 51.71 hectares hectares.

Akuwapar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akuwapar village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Sahjanwa
Area (hectares) 51.71 hectares
Population 1,666
Male Population 883
Female Population 783
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 887
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Akuwapar compares

By the 2011 count Akuwapar is the 72nd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 51.71 hectares work out to about 32 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Akuwapar

Akuwapar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Akuwapar 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akuwapar from other places

Akuwapar lies about 16 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Sahjanwa, about 5.3 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 Akuwapar
Nearest railway station Sahjanwa 5.3 km
Nearest town Khalīlābād 15 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 16 km

Villages closest to Akuwapar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akuwapar village had a population of 1,666. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Akuwapar village has 883 males and 783 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akuwapar has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Akuwapar covers 51.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 32 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Akuwapar falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Akuwapar is Sahjanwa, about 5.3 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Akuwapar.

Akuwapar is about 16 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akuwapar is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Sahjanwa is about 5.3 km away. Khalīlābād is about 15 km away. Gorakhpur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kakuwapar (under 2 km), Baraipar Tetaria (under 2 km) and Sisai (under 2 km).

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

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