About Akotola Village

Akotola is a small village in Goregaon tehsil, in the district of Gondiya, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 221, made up of 119 males and 102 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.94 hectares hectares.

Akotola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akotola village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Gondiya
Tehsil	Goregaon
Area (hectares)	71.94 hectares
Population	221
Male Population	119
Female Population	102
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	857
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Akotola compares

By the 2011 count Akotola is the 86th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents. Its 71.94 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Akotola

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

Akotola lies about 22 km from Gondiya, and the nearest railway station is Hirdamali, about 10 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 Akotola
Tehsil headquarters	Goregaon	10 km
Nearest railway station	Hirdamali	10 km
District headquarters	Gondiya	22 km
Nearest town	Gondiā	22 km

Villages closest to Akotola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akotola village had a population of 221. That makes it the 86th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents.

Akotola village has 119 males and 102 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akotola has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

Akotola covers 71.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akotola falls under Goregaon tehsil of Gondiya district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Akotola is Hirdamali, about 10 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 Akotola.

Akotola is about 22 km from Gondiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akotola is in Goregaon tehsil of Gondiya district. Goregaon is about 10 km away. Hirdamali is about 10 km away. Gondiya is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.