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About Nawakheda Village

Nawakheda is a small village in Akola tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 192, made up of 93 males and 99 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,065 females per 1000 males. The village covers 251.46 hectares hectares.

Nawakheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nawakheda village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Akola
Tehsil Akola
Area (hectares) 251.46 hectares
Population 192
Male Population 93
Female Population 99
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,065
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Nawakheda compares

By the 2011 count Nawakheda is the 152nd largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,274 residents. Its 251.46 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Nawakheda

Nawakheda is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Nawakheda as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Nawakheda from other places

Nawakheda lies about 18 km from Akola, and the nearest railway station is Borgaon, about 8.4 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 Nawakheda
Nearest railway station Borgaon 8.4 km
Nearest town Umbri 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Akola 18 km

Villages closest to Nawakheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Nawakheda village had a population of 192. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,274 residents.

Nawakheda village has 93 males and 99 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nawakheda has about 1065 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

Nawakheda covers 251.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Nawakheda falls under Akola tehsil of Akola district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Nawakheda is Borgaon, about 8.4 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Nawakheda.

Nawakheda is about 18 km from Akola in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nawakheda is in Akola tehsil of Akola district. Borgaon is about 8.4 km away. Umbri is about 16 km away. Akola is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gonapur (1.9 km), Waki (2.0 km) and Dapura (2.3 km).

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

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