About Akola Village

Akola is a mid sized village in Mehkar tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,304, made up of 676 males and 628 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 634 hectares hectares.

Akola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akola village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Buldana
Tehsil	Mehkar
Area (hectares)	634 hectares
Population	1,304
Male Population	676
Female Population	628
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
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 55th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents. Its 634 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 932.

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 63 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Jaulka, about 48 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	Mehkar	7.4 km
Nearest railway station	Jaulka	48 km
District headquarters	Buldana	63 km

Villages closest to Akola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akola village had a population of 1,304. That makes it the 55th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents.

Akola village has 676 males and 628 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akola has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 932.

Akola covers 634 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akola falls under Mehkar tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Akola is Jaulka, about 48 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 63 km from Buldana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akola is in Mehkar tehsil of Buldana district. Mehkar is about 7.4 km away. Jaulka is about 48 km away. Buldana is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.