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About Akola Village

Akola is a mid sized village in Ambejogai tehsil, in the district of Bid, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,294, made up of 673 males and 621 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 575.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 431523, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akola village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bid
Tehsil Ambejogai
Pincode 431523
Area (hectares) 575.18 hectares
Population 1,294
Male Population 673
Female Population 621
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 923
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akola compares

By the 2011 count Akola is the 52nd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,891 residents. Its 575.18 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Akola

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

Akola lies about 80 km from Bid, and the nearest railway station is Neoli, about 20 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 Akola
Tehsil headquarters Ambejogai 20 km
Nearest town Ambājogāi 20 km
Nearest railway station Neoli 20 km
District headquarters Bid 80 km

Villages closest to Akola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akola village had a population of 1,294. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,891 residents.

Akola village has 673 males and 621 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akola has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 927.

The pincode recorded for Akola is 431523. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akola covers 575.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akola falls under Ambejogai tehsil of Bid district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Akola is Neoli, about 20 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 Akola.

Akola is about 80 km from Bid in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akola is in Ambejogai tehsil of Bid district. Ambejogai is about 20 km away. Ambājogāi is about 20 km away. Neoli is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tadola (2.2 km), Devla (3.9 km) and Dhanora (3.9 km).

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

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