About Akola Village

Akola is a large village in Dhamdha tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,046, made up of 1,037 males and 1,009 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 716.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 490042, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akola village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Dhamdha
Pincode	490042
Area (hectares)	716.35 hectares
Population	2,046
Male Population	1,037
Female Population	1,009
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Akola compares

By the 2011 count Akola is the 20th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents. Its 716.35 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1004.

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 village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 30 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Sarona, about 6.8 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
Nearest town	Kumhāri	4.7 km
Nearest railway station	Sarona	6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhamdha	28 km
District headquarters	Durg	30 km

Villages closest to Akola

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhamdha 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 2,046. That makes it the 20th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents.

Akola village has 1,037 males and 1,009 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akola has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Akola is 490042. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akola covers 716.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akola falls under Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Akola is Sarona, about 6.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Akola.

Akola is about 30 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akola is in Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district. Kumhāri is about 4.7 km away. Sarona is about 6.8 km away. Dhamdha is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.