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About Akoli Village

Akoli is a mid sized village in Bhatapara tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 993, made up of 511 males and 482 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 339.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491666, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akoli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akoli village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Bhatapara
Pincode 491666
Area (hectares) 339.23 hectares
Population 993
Male Population 511
Female Population 482
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 943
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akoli compares

By the 2011 count Akoli is the 59th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,367 residents. Its 339.23 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

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 - 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 Akoli from other places

Akoli lies about 75 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Nipania, about 8.5 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
Nearest railway station Nipania 8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhatapara 11 km
Nearest town Bhātāpāra 11 km
District headquarters Raipur 75 km

Villages closest to Akoli

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhatapara 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 993. That makes it the 59th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,367 residents.

Akoli village has 511 males and 482 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akoli has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Akoli is 491666. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akoli covers 339.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akoli falls under Bhatapara tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Akoli is Nipania, about 8.5 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 Akoli.

Akoli is about 75 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akoli is in Bhatapara tehsil of Raipur district. Nipania is about 8.5 km away. Bhatapara is about 11 km away. Bhātāpāra is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kumharkhan (2.4 km), Lamti (2.5 km) and Jarhagaon (2.9 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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