About Akeri Village

Akeri is a mid sized village in Kudal tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,959, made up of 992 males and 967 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 916.09 hectares hectares.

Akeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akeri village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Kudal
Area (hectares)	916.09 hectares
Population	1,959
Male Population	992
Female Population	967
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	975
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Akeri compares

By the 2011 count Akeri is the 14th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents. Its 916.09 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 well below the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Akeri

Akeri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akeri 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akeri from other places

Akeri lies about 16 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Zarap, about 4.7 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 Akeri
Nearest railway station	Zarap	4.7 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kudal	13 km
District headquarters	Sindhudurg	16 km

Villages closest to Akeri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akeri village had a population of 1,959. That makes it the 14th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents.

Akeri village has 992 males and 967 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akeri has about 975 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 1034.

Akeri covers 916.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akeri falls under Kudal tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Akeri is Zarap, about 4.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Akeri.

Akeri is about 16 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akeri is in Kudal tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Zarap is about 4.7 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 5.9 km away. Kudal is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.