About Akanur Village

Akanur is a large village in Radhanagari tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,452, made up of 1,212 males and 1,240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 390.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akanur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akanur village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Radhanagari
Pincode	416211
Area (hectares)	390.01 hectares
Population	2,452
Male Population	1,212
Female Population	1,240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,023
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Akanur compares

By the 2011 count Akanur is the 25th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,745 residents. Its 390.01 hectares work out to about 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Akanur

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

Akanur lies about 34 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 34 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 Akanur
Tehsil headquarters	Radhanagari	9.4 km
Nearest town	Kāgal	30 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	34 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus	34 km

Villages closest to Akanur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akanur village had a population of 2,452. That makes it the 25th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,745 residents.

Akanur village has 1,212 males and 1,240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akanur has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Akanur is 416211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akanur covers 390.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Akanur falls under Radhanagari tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Akanur is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 34 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 Akanur.

Akanur is about 34 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akanur is in Radhanagari tehsil of Kolhapur district. Radhanagari is about 9.4 km away. Kāgal is about 30 km away. Kolhapur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.