About Pingala Village

Pingala is a mid sized village in Murtijapur tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 552, made up of 298 males and 254 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 265 hectares hectares.

Pingala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pingala village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Akola
Tehsil	Murtijapur
Area (hectares)	265 hectares
Population	552
Male Population	298
Female Population	254
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	852
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pingala compares

By the 2011 count Pingala is the 76th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 922 residents. Its 265 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 931.

Getting to Pingala

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

Pingala lies about 110 km from Akola, and the nearest railway station is Kolvihir, about 18 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 Pingala
Nearest railway station	Kolvihir	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Murtijapur	23 km
Nearest town	Morsi	24 km
District headquarters	Akola	110 km

Villages closest to Pingala

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 Pingala

As per the Census of India 2011, Pingala village had a population of 552. That makes it the 76th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 922 residents.

Pingala village has 298 males and 254 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pingala has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 931.

Pingala covers 265 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pingala falls under Murtijapur tehsil of Akola district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Pingala is Kolvihir, about 18 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 Pingala.

Pingala is about 110 km from Akola in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pingala is in Murtijapur tehsil of Akola district. Kolvihir is about 18 km away. Murtijapur is about 23 km away. Morsi is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.