About Akola Village

Akola is a mid sized village in Masturi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,165, made up of 584 males and 581 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495663, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akola village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Masturi
Pincode	495663
Area (hectares)	232.57 hectares
Population	1,165
Male Population	584
Female Population	581
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	995
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Akola compares

By the 2011 count Akola is the 99th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,732 residents. Its 232.57 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Akola

Akola is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akola as Available. 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 Akola from other places

Akola lies about 23 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Jairamnagar, about 13 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 Akola
Tehsil headquarters	Masturi	8.4 km
Nearest railway station	Jairamnagar	13 km
Nearest town	Akaltara	17 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	23 km

Villages closest to Akola

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Masturi 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.

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Common questions about Akola

As per the Census of India 2011, Akola village had a population of 1,165. That makes it the 99th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,732 residents.

Akola village has 584 males and 581 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akola has about 995 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Akola is 495663. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akola covers 232.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akola falls under Masturi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Akola is Jairamnagar, about 13 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Akola.

Akola is about 23 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akola is in Masturi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Masturi is about 8.4 km away. Jairamnagar is about 13 km away. Akaltara is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.