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About Dapaki Village

Dapaki is a small village in Akola tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 375, made up of 202 males and 173 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 546.05 hectares hectares.

Dapaki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dapaki village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Akola
Tehsil Akola
Area (hectares) 546.05 hectares
Population 375
Male Population 202
Female Population 173
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 856
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dapaki compares

By the 2011 count Dapaki is the 130th 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 546.05 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Dapaki

Dapaki is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Dapaki as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Dapaki from other places

Dapaki lies about 30 km from Akola, and the nearest railway station is Katepurna, about 8.8 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 Dapaki
Nearest railway station Katepurna 8.8 km
Nearest town Murtajāpur 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Akola 30 km

Villages closest to Dapaki

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 Dapaki

As per the Census of India 2011, Dapaki village had a population of 375. That makes it the 130th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,274 residents.

Dapaki village has 202 males and 173 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dapaki has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Dapaki covers 546.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dapaki falls under Akola tehsil of Akola district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Dapaki is Katepurna, about 8.8 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 10+ km distance for Dapaki.

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

Dapaki is in Akola tehsil of Akola district. Katepurna is about 8.8 km away. Murtajāpur is about 13 km away. Akola 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 Dudhalam (2.6 km), Borgaon (2.7 km) and Dodaki (3.5 km).

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

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