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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Akona is a village in Rajnagar mandal, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 1,183 across 257 households. It has a literacy rate of 54.5% and is located at coordinates 25.198°N, 79.636°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Uma Ahirwar
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- LGD code
- 458060
- Pincode
- 471606
- Post office
- Khajuraho
- Population
- 1,183
- Households
- 257
- Literacy rate
- 54.5%
- Sex ratio
- 851 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 538
- Distance to district centre
- 50 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 45 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 312 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 450 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kulpahar · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Lugasi · 15 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Akona compares
By population, Akona ranks #62 of 112 villages in Rajnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.5%
+6.0% vs mandal average
- Akona
- 54.5%
- Rajnagar mandal
- 48.5%
- Chhatarpur district
- 53.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
851
−44 vs mandal average
- Akona
- 851
- Rajnagar mandal
- 895
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Akona
- 4.6
- Rajnagar mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Akona at a glance
Akona is a village of 1,183 people in 257 households (Census 2011) in Rajnagar tehsil, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 62nd-largest of 112 villages in Rajnagar tehsil. Literacy is 55%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 851 women per 1,000 men. It lies 50 km from the Chhatarpur district centre, 31 km from Panwari, the nearest town, 11 km from Kulpahar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 471606, served by Khajuraho post office; the LGD village code is 458060. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Lugasi, 15 km away. The sarpanch is Uma Ahirwar, and the village votes in Rajnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arvind Pateriya. The population is estimated at 1,395 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Akona
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RAJNAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 17
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 67
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 17
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 1,142.77
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 35
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Akona
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Akona
- LGD code
- 458060
- Pincode
- 471606
- Post office
- Khajuraho
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,183
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,395
- Households
- 257
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 851
- Literacy rate
- 54.5%
- Coordinates
- 25.19750°N, 79.63583°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khajuraho
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rajnagar
- Member of Parliament
- V. D. Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arvind Pateriya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Uma Ahirwar
- Block / Mandal
- Rajnagar
Getting there
How to reach Akona
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal312 kmcapital
- Delhi450 km
- Hyderabad877 km
- Kolkata934 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKulpahar11 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Lugasi15 km
- CollegeGovt Polytechnic Mahoba25 km
- Police stationGandhiganj police Chauki50 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)