About Akurle Village

Akurle is a mid sized village in Shahuwadi tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,167, made up of 546 males and 621 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,137 females per 1000 males. The village covers 588 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akurle Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akurle village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Shahuwadi
Pincode	416214
Area (hectares)	588 hectares
Population	1,167
Male Population	546
Female Population	621
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,137
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Akurle compares

By the 2011 count Akurle is the 69th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents. Its 588 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Akurle

Akurle is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akurle as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Akurle from other places

Akurle lies about 39 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Shenoli, about 38 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 Akurle
Tehsil headquarters	Shahuwadi	8.3 km
Nearest railway station	Shenoli	38 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	39 km

Villages closest to Akurle

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akurle village had a population of 1,167. That makes it the 69th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents.

Akurle village has 546 males and 621 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akurle has about 1137 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Akurle is 416214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akurle covers 588 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Akurle falls under Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Akurle is Shenoli, about 38 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 5 - 10 km distance for Akurle.

Akurle is about 39 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akurle is in Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district. Shahuwadi is about 8.3 km away. Shenoli is about 38 km away. Kolhapur is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.