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About Akoda Village

Akoda is a mid sized village in Badarwas tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,605, made up of 873 males and 732 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 498.67 hectares hectares.

Akoda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akoda village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shivpuri
Tehsil Badarwas
Area (hectares) 498.67 hectares
Population 1,605
Male Population 873
Female Population 732
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 838
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Akoda compares

By the 2011 count Akoda is the 31st largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 498.67 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Akoda

Akoda is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Akoda as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akoda from other places

Akoda lies about 30 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Lukwasa, about 19 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 Akoda
Nearest railway station Lukwasa 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Badarwas 29 km
District headquarters Shivpuri 30 km

Villages closest to Akoda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akoda village had a population of 1,605. That makes it the 31st largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Akoda village has 873 males and 732 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akoda has about 838 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 909.

Akoda covers 498.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akoda falls under Badarwas tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Akoda is Lukwasa, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Akoda.

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

Akoda is in Badarwas tehsil of Shivpuri district. Lukwasa is about 19 km away. Badarwas is about 29 km away. Shivpuri 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 Khorana (under 2 km), Sitanagar (2.4 km) and Dhakrora (3.5 km).

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

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