[1] He was born in a poor Rajput family in Salha village of Vaishali district.
He was enrolled in Langat Singh College where he got a Ph.D. degree and was very active in politics there.
He fought firstly from Jandaha independently and lost to upendra prasad singh of the Samajwadi Party.
In the October 2005 and February 2005 state assembly elections, Achyutanand Singh of LJP won the Jandaha assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Umesh Singh Kushawaha of RJD.
Tulsi Das Mehta of JD defeated Dr. Achyutanand Singh of BJP in 1995 and Shivanarayan Prasad Mishra, Independent, in 1990.