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About Akoli Village

Akoli is a mid sized village in Dhamdha tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 824, made up of 410 males and 414 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 314.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akoli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akoli village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Dhamdha
Pincode 491331
Area (hectares) 314.52 hectares
Population 824
Male Population 410
Female Population 414
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,010
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akoli compares

By the 2011 count Akoli is the 107th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents. Its 314.52 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Akoli

Akoli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akoli as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Akoli from other places

Akoli lies about 30 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Rasmara, about 29 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 Akoli
Tehsil headquarters Dhamdha 6.6 km
Nearest town Ahīwāra 20 km
Nearest railway station Rasmara 29 km
District headquarters Durg 30 km

Villages closest to Akoli

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.

Common questions about Akoli

As per the Census of India 2011, Akoli village had a population of 824. That makes it the 107th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents.

Akoli village has 410 males and 414 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akoli has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Akoli is 491331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akoli covers 314.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akoli falls under Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Akoli is Rasmara, about 29 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 km distance for Akoli.

Akoli 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.

Akoli is in Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district. Dhamdha is about 6.6 km away. Ahīwāra is about 20 km away. Rasmara is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pendrawan (2.0 km), Achholi (2.1 km) and Thelka (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Akoli today is likely to be higher.

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