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About Akna Village

Akna is a small village in Keshpur tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 302, made up of 158 males and 144 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721150, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akna village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Keshpur
Pincode 721150
Area (hectares) 77.53 hectares
Population 302
Male Population 158
Female Population 144
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 911
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 Akna compares

By the 2011 count Akna is the 336th largest of the 538 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 603 residents. Its 77.53 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Akna

Akna is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Akna 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 Agar, Ajodhya Bar, Akandi and Akhra Pota. 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 Akna

As per the Census of India 2011, Akna village had a population of 302. That makes it the 336th largest of the 538 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 603 residents.

Akna village has 158 males and 144 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akna has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 958.

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

Akna covers 77.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Akna 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 Akna.

Akna is in Keshpur 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 Akna today is likely to be higher.

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