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About Akkatangerahal Village

Akkatangerahal is one of the larger villages in Gokak tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,029, made up of 2,470 males and 2,559 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1324.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591344, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akkatangerahal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akkatangerahal village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Belgaum
Tehsil Gokak
Pincode 591344
Area (hectares) 1324.58 hectares
Population 5,029
Male Population 2,470
Female Population 2,559
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akkatangerahal compares

By the 2011 count Akkatangerahal is the 26th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,673 residents. Its 1324.58 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Akkatangerahal

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

Akkatangerahal lies about 30 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Suldhal, about 4.9 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 Akkatangerahal
Nearest railway station Suldhal 4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Gokak 19 km
District headquarters Belgaum 30 km

Villages closest to Akkatangerahal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akkatangerahal village had a population of 5,029. That makes it the 26th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,673 residents.

Akkatangerahal village has 2,470 males and 2,559 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akkatangerahal has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Akkatangerahal is 591344. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akkatangerahal covers 1324.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akkatangerahal falls under Gokak tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Akkatangerahal is Suldhal, about 4.9 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 within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Akkatangerahal.

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

Akkatangerahal is in Gokak tehsil of Belgaum district. Suldhal is about 4.9 km away. Gokak is about 19 km away. Belgaum is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ankalgi (1.7 km), Lagameshwar (2.4 km) and Iranattti (2.8 km).

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

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