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About Akna Village

Akna is a mid sized village in Ramnagar I tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 674, made up of 336 males and 338 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 112.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721441, 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 Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Ramnagar I
Pincode 721441
Area (hectares) 112.91 hectares
Population 674
Male Population 336
Female Population 338
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 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 89th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,182 residents. Its 112.91 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

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 - 10 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 Akhuya Dangri, Alampur, Alankarpur and Arjjuni. 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 674. That makes it the 89th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,182 residents.

Akna village has 336 males and 338 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akna has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Akna is 721441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akna covers 112.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akna falls under Ramnagar I tehsil of Purba 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Akna.

Akna is in Ramnagar I tehsil of Purba 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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