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About Akapur Village

Akapur is a mid sized village in Mul tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 504, made up of 249 males and 255 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 441224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akapur village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Chandrapur
Tehsil Mul
Pincode 441224
Area (hectares) 241.82 hectares
Population 504
Male Population 249
Female Population 255
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,024
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Akapur compares

By the 2011 count Akapur is the 50th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,115 residents. Its 241.82 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Akapur

Akapur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Akapur 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akapur from other places

Akapur lies about 45 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Mul Marora, about 5.7 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 Akapur
Tehsil headquarters Mul 3.3 km
Nearest town Mūl 3.3 km
Nearest railway station Mul Marora 5.7 km
District headquarters Chandrapur 45 km

Villages closest to Akapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akapur village had a population of 504. That makes it the 50th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,115 residents.

Akapur village has 249 males and 255 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akapur has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Akapur is 441224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akapur covers 241.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akapur falls under Mul tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Akapur is Mul Marora, about 5.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Akapur.

Akapur is about 45 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akapur is in Mul tehsil of Chandrapur district. Mul is about 3.3 km away. Mūl is about 3.3 km away. Mul Marora is about 5.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Akapur Raiyyatwari (under 2 km), Marhegaon (under 2 km) and Chimadha (1.9 km).

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

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