About Akaru Village

Akaru is a large village in Derapur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,609, made up of 1,402 males and 1,207 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 424.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 209302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akaru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akaru village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil	Derapur
Pincode	209302
Area (hectares)	424.55 hectares
Population	2,609
Male Population	1,402
Female Population	1,207
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	861
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 Akaru compares

By the 2011 count Akaru is the 25th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,802 residents. Its 424.55 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 862.

Getting to Akaru

Akaru is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Akaru 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 Akaru from other places

Akaru lies about 6.3 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Phaphund, about 4.5 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 Akaru
Nearest railway station	Phaphund	4.5 km
District headquarters	Kanpur Dehat	6.3 km
Nearest town	Jhīnjhak	6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Derapur	11 km

Villages closest to Akaru

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

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Common questions about Akaru

As per the Census of India 2011, Akaru village had a population of 2,609. That makes it the 25th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,802 residents.

Akaru village has 1,402 males and 1,207 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akaru has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 862.

The pincode recorded for Akaru is 209302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akaru covers 424.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Akaru falls under Derapur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Akaru is Phaphund, about 4.5 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 Akaru.

Akaru is about 6.3 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akaru is in Derapur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Phaphund is about 4.5 km away. Kanpur Dehat is about 6.3 km away. Jhīnjhak is about 6.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.