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About Akna Village

Akna is a large village in Sikandra tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,858, made up of 1,536 males and 1,322 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 607.5 hectares hectares.

Akna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akna village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Sikandra
Area (hectares) 607.5 hectares
Population 2,858
Male Population 1,536
Female Population 1,322
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akna compares

By the 2011 count Akna is the 17th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents. Its 607.5 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 856.

Getting to Akna

Akna is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Akna 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akna from other places

Akna lies about 17 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Jhinjhak, about 13 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 Akna
Tehsil headquarters Sikandra 11 km
Nearest railway station Jhinjhak 13 km
Nearest town Auraiya 13 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 17 km

Villages closest to Akna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akna village had a population of 2,858. That makes it the 17th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,402 residents.

Akna village has 1,536 males and 1,322 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akna 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 856.

Akna covers 607.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akna falls under Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Akna is Jhinjhak, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 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 Akna.

Akna is about 17 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akna is in Sikandra tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Sikandra is about 11 km away. Jhinjhak is about 13 km away. Auraiya is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Palhenapur (under 2 km), Nandana (2.1 km) and Sandna (2.1 km).

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

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