About Akot Village

Akot is a large village in Pauni tehsil, in the district of Bhandara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,014, made up of 1,524 males and 1,490 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 719.89 hectares hectares.

Akot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akot village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Bhandara
Tehsil	Pauni
Area (hectares)	719.89 hectares
Population	3,014
Male Population	1,524
Female Population	1,490
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	978
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Akot compares

By the 2011 count Akot is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 986 residents. Its 719.89 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Akot

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

Akot lies about 31 km from Bhandara, and the nearest railway station is Bhiwapur, about 22 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 Akot
Tehsil headquarters	Pauni	12 km
Nearest town	Pawni	12 km
Nearest railway station	Bhiwapur	22 km
District headquarters	Bhandara	31 km

Villages closest to Akot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akot village had a population of 3,014. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 986 residents.

Akot village has 1,524 males and 1,490 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akot has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 985.

Akot covers 719.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akot falls under Pauni tehsil of Bhandara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Akot is Bhiwapur, about 22 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 Akot.

Akot is about 31 km from Bhandara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akot is in Pauni tehsil of Bhandara district. Pauni is about 12 km away. Pawni is about 12 km away. Bhiwapur is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.