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About Akipur Village

Akipur is a large village in Basirhat II tehsil, in the district of North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,782, made up of 1,940 males and 1,842 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 355.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743291, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akipur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District North Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Basirhat II
Pincode 743291
Area (hectares) 355.06 hectares
Population 3,782
Male Population 1,940
Female Population 1,842
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 949
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Akipur compares

By the 2011 count Akipur is the 17th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,164 residents. Its 355.06 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Akipur

Akipur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Akipur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Akipur from other places

Akipur lies about 20 km from North Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Champapukur, about 2.4 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 Akipur
Nearest railway station Champapukur 2.4 km
Nearest town Basirhat City 5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Basirhat II 20 km
District headquarters North Twenty Four Parganas 20 km

Villages closest to Akipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akipur village had a population of 3,782. That makes it the 17th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,164 residents.

Akipur village has 1,940 males and 1,842 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akipur has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Akipur is 743291. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akipur covers 355.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Akipur falls under Basirhat II tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Akipur is Champapukur, about 2.4 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Akipur.

Akipur is about 20 km from North Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akipur is in Basirhat II tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district. Champapukur is about 2.4 km away. Basirhat City is about 5.7 km away. Basirhat II is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Beler Dhanyakuria (5.6 km), Dhanyakuria (5.6 km) and Raghunathpur (5.7 km).

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

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