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About Akbarpur Village

Akbarpur is a small village in Egra I tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 82, made up of 47 males and 35 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 745 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721448, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akbarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akbarpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Egra I
Pincode 721448
Area (hectares) 56.41 hectares
Population 82
Male Population 47
Female Population 35
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 745
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 Akbarpur compares

By the 2011 count Akbarpur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,367 residents. Its 56.41 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Akbarpur

Akbarpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Akbarpur 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 Akbarpur from other places

Akbarpur lies about 35 km from Purba Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Tamluk, about 11 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 Akbarpur
Nearest town Tamlūk 9.9 km
Nearest railway station Tamluk 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Egra I 35 km
District headquarters Purba Medinipur 35 km

Villages closest to Akbarpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Egra I 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 Akbarpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Akbarpur village had a population of 82. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,367 residents.

Akbarpur village has 47 males and 35 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akbarpur has about 745 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

The pincode recorded for Akbarpur is 721448. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akbarpur covers 56.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Akbarpur falls under Egra I tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Akbarpur is Tamluk, about 11 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 Akbarpur.

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

Akbarpur is in Egra I tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Tamlūk is about 9.9 km away. Tamluk is about 11 km away. Egra I is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Madhabpur (7.3 km), Shipur (10 km) and Khalina (13 km).

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

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