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About Akolya Village

Akolya is a mid sized village in Sardarpur tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,374, made up of 695 males and 679 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 519 hectares hectares.

Akolya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akolya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Dhar
Tehsil Sardarpur
Area (hectares) 519 hectares
Population 1,374
Male Population 695
Female Population 679
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 977
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akolya compares

By the 2011 count Akolya is the 57th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,407 residents. Its 519 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 978.

Getting to Akolya

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

Akolya lies about 38 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Barnagar, about 37 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 Akolya
Nearest town Badnāwar 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Sardarpur 25 km
Nearest railway station Barnagar 37 km
District headquarters Dhar 38 km

Villages closest to Akolya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akolya village had a population of 1,374. That makes it the 57th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,407 residents.

Akolya village has 695 males and 679 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akolya has about 977 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 978.

Akolya covers 519 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akolya falls under Sardarpur tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Akolya is Barnagar, about 37 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Akolya.

Akolya is about 38 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akolya is in Sardarpur tehsil of Dhar district. Badnāwar is about 23 km away. Sardarpur is about 25 km away. Barnagar is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baslai (2.0 km), Barmandal (2.8 km) and Paduni Khurd (3.4 km).

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

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