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About Akha Nagar Village

Akha Nagar is a mid sized village in Tapan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 887, made up of 465 males and 422 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 166.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akha Nagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akha Nagar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Tapan
Pincode 733102
Area (hectares) 166.6 hectares
Population 887
Male Population 465
Female Population 422
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 908
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 Akha Nagar compares

By the 2011 count Akha Nagar is the 90th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 924 residents. Its 166.6 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Akha Nagar

Akha Nagar is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Akha Nagar 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 Akha Nagar from other places

Akha Nagar lies about 155 km from Dakshin Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Karnasubarna, about 21 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 Akha Nagar
Nearest town Kāndi 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Tapan 20 km
Nearest railway station Karnasubarna 21 km
District headquarters Dakshin Dinajpur 155 km

Villages closest to Akha Nagar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tapan 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 Akha Nagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Akha Nagar village had a population of 887. That makes it the 90th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 924 residents.

Akha Nagar village has 465 males and 422 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akha Nagar has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Akha Nagar is 733102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akha Nagar covers 166.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akha Nagar falls under Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Akha Nagar is Karnasubarna, about 21 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 Akha Nagar.

Akha Nagar is about 155 km from Dakshin Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akha Nagar is in Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. Kāndi is about 16 km away. Tapan is about 20 km away. Karnasubarna is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhaginagar (under 2 km), Gofanagar (under 2 km) and Hasnagar (under 2 km).

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

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