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About Akbarpur Village

Akbarpur is a large village in Kerakat tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,624, made up of 1,757 males and 1,867 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,063 females per 1000 males. The village covers 312.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 222142, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akbarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akbarpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Kerakat
Pincode 222142
Area (hectares) 312.71 hectares
Population 3,624
Male Population 1,757
Female Population 1,867
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,063
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Akbarpur compares

By the 2011 count Akbarpur is the 42nd largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents. Its 312.71 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1071.

Getting to Akbarpur

Akbarpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Akbarpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akbarpur from other places

Akbarpur lies about 26 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Kirakat, about 2.5 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 Akbarpur
Nearest railway station Kirakat 2.5 km
Nearest town Lalganj 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Kerakat 26 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 26 km

Villages closest to Akbarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akbarpur village had a population of 3,624. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents.

Akbarpur village has 1,757 males and 1,867 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akbarpur has about 1063 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1071.

The pincode recorded for Akbarpur is 222142. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akbarpur covers 312.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Akbarpur falls under Kerakat tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Akbarpur is Kirakat, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Akbarpur.

Akbarpur is about 26 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akbarpur is in Kerakat tehsil of Jaunpur district. Kirakat is about 2.5 km away. Lalganj is about 16 km away. Kerakat is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sadaha (under 2 km), Puranpur (under 2 km) and Bhairo Bhanpur (1.7 km).

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

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