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About Yawalkhed Village

Yawalkhed is a mid sized village in Akola tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 728, made up of 389 males and 339 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 493.44 hectares hectares.

Yawalkhed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yawalkhed village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Akola
Tehsil Akola
Area (hectares) 493.44 hectares
Population 728
Male Population 389
Female Population 339
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 871
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Yawalkhed compares

By the 2011 count Yawalkhed is the 92nd largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,274 residents. Its 493.44 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 Yawalkhed

Yawalkhed is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Yawalkhed as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Yawalkhed from other places

Yawalkhed lies about 7.8 km from Akola, and the nearest railway station is Yeulkhed, about under 2 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 Yawalkhed
Nearest railway station Yeulkhed under 2 km
Nearest town Umbri 4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Akola 7.8 km

Villages closest to Yawalkhed

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 Yawalkhed

As per the Census of India 2011, Yawalkhed village had a population of 728. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,274 residents.

Yawalkhed village has 389 males and 339 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yawalkhed has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Yawalkhed covers 493.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Yawalkhed falls under Akola tehsil of Akola district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Yawalkhed is Yeulkhed, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Yawalkhed.

Yawalkhed is about 7.8 km from Akola in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yawalkhed is in Akola tehsil of Akola district. Yeulkhed is about under 2 km away. Umbri is about 4.9 km away. Akola is about 7.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gudadhi (2.0 km), Aliyabad (2.3 km) and Chachondi (2.6 km).

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

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