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About Akilpur Village

Akilpur is a mid sized village in Dhaniakhali tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 834, made up of 414 males and 420 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 712301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akilpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akilpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Hugli
Tehsil Dhaniakhali
Pincode 712301
Area (hectares) 56.19 hectares
Population 834
Male Population 414
Female Population 420
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Akilpur compares

By the 2011 count Akilpur is the 140th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,498 residents. Its 56.19 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Akilpur

Akilpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Akilpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Akabpur, Ala, Alipur and Bagnan. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Akilpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Akilpur village had a population of 834. That makes it the 140th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,498 residents.

Akilpur village has 414 males and 420 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akilpur has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Akilpur is 712301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akilpur covers 56.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Akilpur falls under Dhaniakhali tehsil of Hugli district in West Bengal.

The census record for Akilpur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Akilpur.

Akilpur is in Dhaniakhali tehsil of Hugli district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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