About Akurya Village

Akurya is a mid sized village in Keshpur tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 830, made up of 405 males and 425 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721150, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akurya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akurya village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Keshpur
Pincode	721150
Area (hectares)	54.17 hectares
Population	830
Male Population	405
Female Population	425
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,049
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Akurya compares

By the 2011 count Akurya is the 121st largest of the 538 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 603 residents. Its 54.17 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Akurya

Akurya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Akurya as Available within 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akurya from other places

Akurya lies about 35 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Narayan Pakuria Murail, about 14 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 Akurya
Nearest railway station	Narayan Pakuria Murail	14 km
Nearest town	Ghātāl	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Keshpur	33 km
District headquarters	Paschim Medinipur	35 km

Villages closest to Akurya

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

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Common questions about Akurya

As per the Census of India 2011, Akurya village had a population of 830. That makes it the 121st largest of the 538 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 603 residents.

Akurya village has 405 males and 425 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akurya has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Akurya is 721150. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akurya covers 54.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Akurya falls under Keshpur tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Akurya is Narayan Pakuria Murail, about 14 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Akurya.

Akurya is about 35 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akurya is in Keshpur tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Narayan Pakuria Murail is about 14 km away. Ghātāl is about 16 km away. Keshpur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.