About Akale Village

Akale is a mid sized village in Chiplun tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,617, made up of 813 males and 804 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 987.37 hectares hectares.

Akale Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akale village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Chiplun
Area (hectares)	987.37 hectares
Population	1,617
Male Population	813
Female Population	804
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	989
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Akale compares

By the 2011 count Akale is the 45th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,290 residents. Its 987.37 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1147.

Getting to Akale

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

Akale lies about 92 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Chiplun, about 28 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 Akale
Nearest railway station	Chiplun	28 km
Nearest town	Chiplūn	29 km
District headquarters	Ratnagiri	92 km

Villages closest to Akale

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akale village had a population of 1,617. That makes it the 45th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,290 residents.

Akale village has 813 males and 804 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akale has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1147.

Akale covers 987.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Akale falls under Chiplun tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Akale is Chiplun, about 28 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 Akale.

Akale is about 92 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akale is in Chiplun tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Chiplun is about 28 km away. Chiplūn is about 29 km away. Ratnagiri is about 92 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.