About Durgwada Village

Durgwada is a mid sized village in Murtijapur tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,346, made up of 720 males and 626 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 970 hectares hectares.

Durgwada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgwada village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Akola
Tehsil	Murtijapur
Area (hectares)	970 hectares
Population	1,346
Male Population	720
Female Population	626
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Durgwada compares

By the 2011 count Durgwada is the 25th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 922 residents. Its 970 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 931.

Getting to Durgwada

Durgwada is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Durgwada as Available within village. 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 Durgwada from other places

Durgwada lies about 123 km from Akola, and the nearest railway station is Arvi, about 9.4 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 Durgwada
Tehsil headquarters	Murtijapur	7.1 km
Nearest railway station	Arvi	9.4 km
Nearest town	Ārvi	10 km
District headquarters	Akola	123 km

Villages closest to Durgwada

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

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Common questions about Durgwada

As per the Census of India 2011, Durgwada village had a population of 1,346. That makes it the 25th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 922 residents.

Durgwada village has 720 males and 626 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgwada has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 931.

Durgwada covers 970 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Durgwada falls under Murtijapur tehsil of Akola district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Durgwada is Arvi, about 9.4 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Durgwada.

Durgwada is about 123 km from Akola in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgwada is in Murtijapur tehsil of Akola district. Murtijapur is about 7.1 km away. Arvi is about 9.4 km away. Ārvi is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.