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About Akatkola Village

Akatkola is a small village in Chandrakona II tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 391, made up of 206 males and 185 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akatkola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akatkola village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Chandrakona II
Pincode 721201
Area (hectares) 70.29 hectares
Population 391
Male Population 206
Female Population 185
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 898
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 Akatkola compares

By the 2011 count Akatkola is the 91st largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,014 residents. Its 70.29 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Akatkola

Akatkola is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Akatkola 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. The nearest villages by name are Agrapara, Arajipirchak, Atghara and Bachka. 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 Akatkola

As per the Census of India 2011, Akatkola village had a population of 391. That makes it the 91st largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,014 residents.

Akatkola village has 206 males and 185 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akatkola has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Akatkola is 721201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akatkola covers 70.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akatkola falls under Chandrakona II tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Akatkola notes the nearest railway station 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 Akatkola.

Akatkola is in Chandrakona II tehsil of Paschim Medinipur 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 Akatkola today is likely to be higher.

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