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About Akudihi Village

Akudihi is a mid sized village in Sainthia tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,049, made up of 554 males and 495 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 50.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akudihi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akudihi village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Sainthia
Pincode 731201
Area (hectares) 50.18 hectares
Population 1,049
Male Population 554
Female Population 495
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 894
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Akudihi compares

By the 2011 count Akudihi is the 60th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 862 residents. Its 50.18 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Akudihi

The census records public bus service for Akudihi as Available within 5 - 10 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akudihi from other places

Akudihi lies about 30 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Gadadharpur, about 14 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 Akudihi
Nearest railway station Gadadharpur 14 km
Nearest town Siuri 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Sainthia 16 km
District headquarters Birbhum 30 km

Villages closest to Akudihi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akudihi village had a population of 1,049. That makes it the 60th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 862 residents.

Akudihi village has 554 males and 495 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akudihi has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Akudihi is 731201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akudihi covers 50.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Akudihi falls under Sainthia tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Akudihi is Gadadharpur, about 14 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Akudihi.

Akudihi is about 30 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akudihi is in Sainthia tehsil of Birbhum district. Gadadharpur is about 14 km away. Siuri is about 15 km away. Sainthia is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Abhirampur (2.1 km), Ramaipur (2.1 km) and Dakshin Chandipur (2.8 km).

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

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