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About Akhade Village

Akhade is a large village in Sakri tehsil, in the district of Dhule, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,373, made up of 1,227 males and 1,146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2004 hectares hectares.

Akhade Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akhade village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Dhule
Tehsil Sakri
Area (hectares) 2004 hectares
Population 2,373
Male Population 1,227
Female Population 1,146
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 934
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akhade compares

By the 2011 count Akhade is the 39th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,957 residents. Its 2004 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Akhade

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

Akhade lies about 53 km from Dhule, and the nearest railway station is Chaupale, about 26 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 Akhade
Tehsil headquarters Sakri 18 km
Nearest railway station Chaupale 26 km
District headquarters Dhule 53 km

Villages closest to Akhade

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akhade village had a population of 2,373. That makes it the 39th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,957 residents.

Akhade village has 1,227 males and 1,146 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akhade has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Akhade covers 2004 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Akhade falls under Sakri tehsil of Dhule district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Akhade is Chaupale, about 26 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 village for Akhade.

Akhade is about 53 km from Dhule in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akhade is in Sakri tehsil of Dhule district. Sakri is about 18 km away. Chaupale is about 26 km away. Dhule is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Titane (3.9 km), Khori (4.1 km) and Ubharandi (4.3 km).

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

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