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About Akolha Village

Akolha is a mid sized village in Gola tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 623, made up of 343 males and 280 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 816 females per 1000 males. The village covers 26.89 hectares hectares.

Akolha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akolha village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Gola
Area (hectares) 26.89 hectares
Population 623
Male Population 343
Female Population 280
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 816
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akolha compares

By the 2011 count Akolha is the 268th largest of the 587 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 790 residents. Its 26.89 hectares work out to about 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Akolha

Akolha is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Akolha as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Akolha from other places

Akolha lies about 168 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Banaras (Manduadih), about 2.0 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 Akolha
Nearest railway station Banaras (Manduadih) 2.0 km
Nearest town Varanasi 2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Gola 19 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 168 km

Villages closest to Akolha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akolha village had a population of 623. That makes it the 268th largest of the 587 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 790 residents.

Akolha village has 343 males and 280 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akolha has about 816 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Akolha covers 26.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Akolha falls under Gola tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Akolha is Banaras (Manduadih), about 2.0 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Akolha.

Akolha is about 168 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akolha is in Gola tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Banaras (Manduadih) is about 2.0 km away. Varanasi is about 2.9 km away. Gola is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kolhua (under 2 km), Mannipur (under 2 km) and Tulasipur (under 2 km).

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

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