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About Akna Village

Akna is a mid sized village in Mayureswar II tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 662, made up of 336 males and 326 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 970 females per 1000 males. The village covers 141.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731234, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akna village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Mayureswar II
Pincode 731234
Area (hectares) 141.03 hectares
Population 662
Male Population 336
Female Population 326
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 970
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Akna compares

By the 2011 count Akna is the 68th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents. Its 141.03 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 950.

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 5 - 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 5.3 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Swadinpur, 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 Akna
Tehsil headquarters Mayureswar II 5.3 km
District headquarters Birbhum 5.3 km
Nearest railway station Swadinpur 5.3 km
Nearest town Nalhāti 7.9 km

Villages closest to Akna

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mayureswar II 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 662. That makes it the 68th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents.

Akna village has 336 males and 326 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akna has about 970 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Akna is 731234. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akna covers 141.03 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 Mayureswar II tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Akna is Swadinpur, 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Akna.

Akna is about 5.3 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akna is in Mayureswar II tehsil of Birbhum district. Mayureswar II is about 5.3 km away. Birbhum is about 5.3 km away. Swadinpur is about 5.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Daspalsa (1.8 km), Mitrapalsa (1.8 km) and Satpalsa (1.8 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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