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About Akharwai Village

Akharwai is a mid sized village in Latur tehsil, in the district of Latur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,866, made up of 1,000 males and 866 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1303.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 413531, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akharwai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akharwai village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Latur
Tehsil Latur
Pincode 413531
Area (hectares) 1303.27 hectares
Population 1,866
Male Population 1,000
Female Population 866
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 866
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akharwai compares

By the 2011 count Akharwai is the 58th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,389 residents. Its 1303.27 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Akharwai

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

Akharwai lies about 12 km from Latur, and the nearest railway station is Harangul, about 6.6 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 Akharwai
Nearest railway station Harangul 6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Latur 12 km

Villages closest to Akharwai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akharwai village had a population of 1,866. That makes it the 58th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,389 residents.

Akharwai village has 1,000 males and 866 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akharwai has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

The pincode recorded for Akharwai is 413531. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akharwai covers 1303.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Akharwai falls under Latur tehsil of Latur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Akharwai is Harangul, about 6.6 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 Akharwai.

Akharwai is about 12 km from Latur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akharwai is in Latur tehsil of Latur district. Harangul is about 6.6 km away. Latur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Samangaon (3.6 km), Chikhurda (3.9 km) and Manjari (4.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Akharwai today is likely to be higher.

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