Akui is a village in the
Indas
Indas (also spelled Indus) is a village, with a police station, in the Indas CD block in the Bishnupur subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
Indas is located at .
Area overview
The map alo ...
CD block in the
Bishnupur subdivision
Bishnupur subdivision is a subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Subdivisions
Bankura district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:
Bishnupur subdivision has a density of population of 5 ...
of the
Bankura district
Bankura district (Pron: bãkuɽa) is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is part of Medinipur division—one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. Bankura district is surrounded by Purba Bardhaman distri ...
in the state of
West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
.
Geography
Location
Akui is located at .
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Demographics
According to the
2011 Census of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
, Akui had a total population of 6,115, of which 3,118 (51%) were males and 2,997 (49%) were females. There were 603 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Akui was 4,237 (76.87% of the population over 6 years).
Education
Akui Kamalabala Women's College
Akui Kamalabala Women's College, established in 2016, is a general degree women's college in Akui, Indas, in the Bankura district. It offers undergraduate courses in arts. It is affiliated to Bankura University
Bankura University is a publ ...
was established at Akui in 2015. Affiliated with the
Bankura University
Bankura University is a public state university in Bankura, West Bengal, India. It was established by an Act of the West Bengal legislature notified in the Kolkata Gazette. It offers courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
History ...
, it offers honours courses in Bengali, English, philosophy and a general course in humanities.
Culture
David J. McCutchion mentions the Radha Kanta temple as a ''
pancha-ratna'' with ridged ''rekha'' turrets and
porch
A porch (from Old French ''porche'', from Latin ''porticus'' "colonnade", from ''porta'' "passage") is a room or gallery located in front of an entrance of a building. A porch is placed in front of the facade of a building it commands, and form ...
on triple archway, brick-built structure with a rich terracotta façade, constructed in 1764.
File:Radha-Kanta-Temple-Akui 01.jpg, Radhakanta Temple
File:Radha-Kanta-Temple-Akui 09.jpg, Terracotta relief
File:Radha-Kanta-Temple-Akui 05.jpg, Terracotta relief
Healthcare
There is a
primary health centre at Akui, with 4 beds.
References
External links
{{Bankura District
Villages in Bankura district