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About Akapur Village

Akapur is a mid sized village in Nagbhir tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,143, made up of 600 males and 543 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 391.2 hectares hectares.

Akapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akapur village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Chandrapur
Tehsil Nagbhir
Area (hectares) 391.2 hectares
Population 1,143
Male Population 600
Female Population 543
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 905
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Akapur compares

By the 2011 count Akapur is the 40th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,201 residents. Its 391.2 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

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 5 - 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 69 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Talodhi Road, about 3.9 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
Nearest railway station Talodhi Road 3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Nagbhir 18 km
Nearest town Bramhapuri 26 km
District headquarters Chandrapur 69 km

Villages closest to Akapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nagbhir 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 1,143. That makes it the 40th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,201 residents.

Akapur village has 600 males and 543 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akapur has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Akapur covers 391.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akapur falls under Nagbhir tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Akapur is Talodhi Road, about 3.9 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 5 - 10 km distance for Akapur.

Akapur is about 69 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 Nagbhir tehsil of Chandrapur district. Talodhi Road is about 3.9 km away. Nagbhir is about 18 km away. Bramhapuri is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gangasagar Heti (1.6 km), Mendha Dakhali Ushrala (2.6 km) and Ushrala (2.6 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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