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About Akola Village

Akola is a large village in Badnapur tehsil, in the district of Jalna, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,225, made up of 1,125 males and 1,100 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 592 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 431002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akola village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Jalna
Tehsil Badnapur
Pincode 431002
Area (hectares) 592 hectares
Population 2,225
Male Population 1,125
Female Population 1,100
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 978
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Akola compares

By the 2011 count Akola is the 24th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents. Its 592 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Akola

Akola 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 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 <5 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 19 km from Jalna, and the nearest railway station is Badnapur, about 2.4 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 Badnapur 2.4 km
District headquarters Jalna 19 km
Nearest town Jālna 19 km

Villages closest to Akola

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Badnapur 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 2,225. That makes it the 24th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents.

Akola village has 1,125 males and 1,100 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akola has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Akola is 431002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akola covers 592 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akola falls under Badnapur tehsil of Jalna district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Akola is Badnapur, about 2.4 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 Akola.

Akola is about 19 km from Jalna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akola is in Badnapur tehsil of Jalna district. Badnapur is about 2.4 km away. Jalna is about 19 km away. Jālna is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nikalak (under 2 km), Gokulwadi (2.6 km) and Dudhanwadi (2.7 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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