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About Agaskhed Village

Agaskhed is a small village in Akot tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 166, made up of 89 males and 77 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76.52 hectares hectares.

Agaskhed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Agaskhed village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Akola
Tehsil Akot
Area (hectares) 76.52 hectares
Population 166
Male Population 89
Female Population 77
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 865
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Agaskhed compares

By the 2011 count Agaskhed is the 128th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents. Its 76.52 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 958.

Getting to Agaskhed

The census records public bus service for Agaskhed as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Agaskhed from other places

Agaskhed lies about 23 km from Akola, and the nearest railway station is Gandhi Smrak Road, about 5.9 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 Agaskhed
Nearest railway station Gandhi Smrak Road 5.9 km
Nearest town Telhāra 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Akot 21 km
District headquarters Akola 23 km

Villages closest to Agaskhed

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Agaskhed village had a population of 166. That makes it the 128th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents.

Agaskhed village has 89 males and 77 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Agaskhed has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Agaskhed covers 76.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Agaskhed falls under Akot tehsil of Akola district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Agaskhed is Gandhi Smrak Road, about 5.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Agaskhed.

Agaskhed is about 23 km from Akola in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Agaskhed is in Akot tehsil of Akola district. Gandhi Smrak Road is about 5.9 km away. Telhāra is about 20 km away. Akot is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajurwadi (under 2 km), Salkhed (under 2 km) and Takli Bk (under 2 km).

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

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