District of Maharashtra

Akola: 18.1 lakh people, one story

People
18,13,906
Area
5,673 km²
Literacy
88.05%
Sex ratio
946
#1 in MaharashtraScheduled Castes: 20.1 % of people. Rank 1 of 35 districts.See the numbers →Big number18.1 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 320 to every km².See the numbers →

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The history, places and schemes of Akola are being written. Everything below comes from Census 2011, so it is already exam-ready.

Akola in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population18.1 lakh#25/35 in Maharashtra
Area5,673 km²#28/35 in Maharashtra
Population density320 per km²#13/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 365
Sex ratio946 females per 1000 males#18/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 929
Child sex ratio (0–6)912 girls per 1000 boys#16/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 894
Literacy rate88.05%#4/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 82.34
Female literacy83.54%#4/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 75.87
Urban population39.7%#8/35 in Maharashtra▼ state 45.2

People & society

88.0% can read. 946 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
92.388.4
Female literacy
83.575.9
Scheduled Castes
20.111.8
Scheduled Tribes
5.59.4
Living in towns
39.745.2

Gender literacy gap: 8.8 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 61.1%
  • Muslim 19.7%
  • Christian 0.2%
  • Buddhist 18.1%
  • Jain 0.6%
  • Other / not stated 0.3%

    Sectors at a glance

    67 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    7.7 lakh workers, 42.3% of all people

    This district
    Maharashtra
    • Cultivators 16.9%
    • Farm labourers 50.6%
    • Household industry 1.3%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 31.3%

      Schemes & development

      Only 62% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      62.459.6
      Latrine at home
      35.837.7
      Tap water
      45.548.2
      LPG / PNG
      21.330.8
      Phone
      38.749.0
      Television
      35.040.3
      Bicycle
      25.221.6
      Two-wheeler
      14.417.7

      This is the 2011 baseline. Schemes like Saubhagya, Ujjwala, Swachh Bharat and Har Ghar Jal came to close exactly these gaps.

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