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About Akuni Village

Akuni is a large village in Chanditala I tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,759, made up of 1,859 males and 1,900 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 712701, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akuni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akuni village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Hugli
Tehsil Chanditala I
Pincode 712701
Area (hectares) 99.85 hectares
Population 3,759
Male Population 1,859
Female Population 1,900
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,022
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akuni compares

By the 2011 count Akuni is the 7th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,227 residents. Its 99.85 hectares work out to about 38 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Akuni

Akuni is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akuni as Available within <5 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 Akuni from other places

Akuni lies about 27 km from Hugli, and the nearest railway station is Dankuni, about under 2 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 Akuni
Nearest railway station Dankuni under 2 km
Nearest town Konnagar 6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Chanditala I 27 km
District headquarters Hugli 27 km

Villages closest to Akuni

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chanditala I 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 Akuni

As per the Census of India 2011, Akuni village had a population of 3,759. That makes it the 7th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,227 residents.

Akuni village has 1,859 males and 1,900 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akuni has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Akuni is 712701. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akuni covers 99.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 38 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Akuni falls under Chanditala I tehsil of Hugli district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Akuni is Dankuni, about under 2 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 village for Akuni.

Akuni is about 27 km from Hugli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akuni is in Chanditala I tehsil of Hugli district. Dankuni is about under 2 km away. Konnagar is about 6.1 km away. Chanditala I is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bankrishnapur (2.5 km), Krishnarampur (2.5 km) and Kumirmora (6.8 km).

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

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