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About Akula Village

Akula is a mid sized village in Telkoi tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,677, made up of 814 males and 863 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,060 females per 1000 males. The village covers 609 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758076, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akula Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akula village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kendujhar
Tehsil Telkoi
Pincode 758076
Area (hectares) 609 hectares
Population 1,677
Male Population 814
Female Population 863
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,060
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akula compares

By the 2011 count Akula is the 4th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 727 residents. Its 609 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Akula

Akula is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akula as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Akula from other places

Akula lies about 44 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Samal (under construction), about 34 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 Akula
Tehsil headquarters Telkoi 10 km
Nearest railway station Samal (under construction) 34 km
Nearest town Tālcher 40 km
District headquarters Kendujhar 44 km

Villages closest to Akula

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akula village had a population of 1,677. That makes it the 4th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 727 residents.

Akula village has 814 males and 863 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akula has about 1060 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Akula is 758076. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akula covers 609 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akula falls under Telkoi tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Akula is Samal (under construction), about 34 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Akula.

Akula is about 44 km from Kendujhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akula is in Telkoi tehsil of Kendujhar district. Telkoi is about 10 km away. Samal (under construction) is about 34 km away. Tālcher is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bandhanjhari (1.9 km), Bhimakand (3.3 km) and Kalima (3.4 km).

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

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