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About Akola Village

Akola is a small village in Warora tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 417, made up of 220 males and 197 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 662 hectares hectares.

Akola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akola village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Chandrapur
Tehsil Warora
Area (hectares) 662 hectares
Population 417
Male Population 220
Female Population 197
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
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 104th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 852 residents. Its 662 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

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 54 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Chikni Road, about 24 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
Nearest railway station Chikni Road 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Warora 28 km
District headquarters Chandrapur 54 km

Villages closest to Akola

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Warora 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 417. That makes it the 104th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 852 residents.

Akola village has 220 males and 197 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akola has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

Akola covers 662 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Akola falls under Warora tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Akola is Chikni Road, about 24 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 54 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akola is in Warora tehsil of Chandrapur district. Chikni Road is about 24 km away. Warora is about 28 km away. Chandrapur is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Girola (1.8 km), Gujgavhan (3.0 km) and Umari (3.5 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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