About Akamba Village

Akamba is a mid sized village in Illambazar tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,119, made up of 574 males and 545 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 196.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akamba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akamba village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Illambazar
Pincode	731214
Area (hectares)	196.38 hectares
Population	1,119
Male Population	574
Female Population	545
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	949
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Akamba compares

By the 2011 count Akamba is the 62nd largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,272 residents. Its 196.38 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Akamba

Akamba is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akamba as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Akamba from other places

Akamba lies about 15 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Mallarpur, about 1.5 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 Akamba
Nearest railway station	Mallarpur	1.5 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Illambazar	15 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	15 km

Villages closest to Akamba

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akamba village had a population of 1,119. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,272 residents.

Akamba village has 574 males and 545 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akamba has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Akamba is 731214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akamba covers 196.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akamba falls under Illambazar tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Akamba is Mallarpur, about 1.5 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Akamba.

Akamba is about 15 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akamba is in Illambazar tehsil of Birbhum district. Mallarpur is about 1.5 km away. Rampur Hat is about 11 km away. Illambazar is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.