About Akurde Village

Akurde is a large village in Bhudargad tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,281, made up of 1,661 males and 1,620 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 557 hectares hectares.

Akurde Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akurde village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Bhudargad
Area (hectares)	557 hectares
Population	3,281
Male Population	1,661
Female Population	1,620
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	975
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Akurde compares

By the 2011 count Akurde is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,319 residents. Its 557 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Akurde

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

Akurde lies about 46 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Nandgaon Road, about 43 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 Akurde
Tehsil headquarters	Bhudargad	6.3 km
Nearest town	Gadhinglaj	26 km
Nearest railway station	Nandgaon Road	43 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	46 km

Villages closest to Akurde

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Akurde

As per the Census of India 2011, Akurde village had a population of 3,281. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,319 residents.

Akurde village has 1,661 males and 1,620 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akurde has about 975 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1003.

Akurde covers 557 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akurde falls under Bhudargad tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Akurde is Nandgaon Road, about 43 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 Akurde.

Akurde is about 46 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akurde is in Bhudargad tehsil of Kolhapur district. Bhudargad is about 6.3 km away. Gadhinglaj is about 26 km away. Nandgaon Road is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.