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About Akole Village

Akole is a mid sized village in Mangalvedhe tehsil, in the district of Solapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,501, made up of 785 males and 716 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1365 hectares hectares.

Akole Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akole village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Solapur
Tehsil Mangalvedhe
Area (hectares) 1365 hectares
Population 1,501
Male Population 785
Female Population 716
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 912
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akole compares

By the 2011 count Akole is the 50th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,272 residents. Its 1365 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 917.

Getting to Akole

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

Akole lies about 16 km from Solapur, and the nearest railway station is Bale, about 11 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 Akole
Nearest railway station Bale 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Mangalvedhe 16 km
District headquarters Solapur 16 km
Nearest town Sholapur 16 km

Villages closest to Akole

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akole village had a population of 1,501. That makes it the 50th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,272 residents.

Akole village has 785 males and 716 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akole has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 917.

Akole covers 1365 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Akole falls under Mangalvedhe tehsil of Solapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Akole is Bale, about 11 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 Akole.

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

Akole is in Mangalvedhe tehsil of Solapur district. Bale is about 11 km away. Mangalvedhe is about 16 km away. Solapur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gunjegaon (2.8 km), Dongargaon (4.7 km) and Andhalgaon (5.9 km).

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

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