# Akoli Maharajvas Village, Kankrej, Banas Kantha (Gujarat)

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Village · Kankrej, Banas Kantha 

# Akoli Maharajvas

Akoli Maharajvas is a village in Kankrej sub-district of Banas Kantha district, Gujarat, PIN code **385550**. The 2011 Census counted **2,075 people in 360 households**, the 43rd largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.6%.

- 2,075people (2011)
- 360households
- 64.3%literacy
- 385550PIN code

## Akoli Maharajvas PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Akoli Maharajvas is 385550.** Akoli Maharajvas falls in Kankrej sub-district, Banas Kantha district, Gujarat.

- PIN code385550
- Gram panchayatAkoli Maharajvas
- Community development blockKankrej
- Census village code508541

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Akoli Maharajvas from nearby towns?

- Shihori (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Palanpur (district HQ)65 km by road
- Tharad (nearest town)13 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Akoli Maharajvas?

18 services counted by the Census are inside Akoli Maharajvas; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Tharad
- ○Degree college10+ km · Thara
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tharad
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Akoli Maharajvas known for?

The main crops are **pearlmillet/bajra, wheat and castor**. About 49% of the 590 hectares of village land is sown, and 150 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Akoli Maharajvas

Of every 100 households in Akoli Maharajvas in 2011, 53 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 85 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Akoli Maharajvas · ■ Kankrej rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**86%

Tap water ****40%**

**52%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**92%

Use banking services ****66%**

**46%

Television ****22%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****85%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**27%

Own their home ****93%**

**94%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Akoli Maharajvas?

■ Akoli Maharajvas · ■ Kankrej rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**59.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1017**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****879**

**892

Working population ****41.6%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.8% for men and 52.3% for women. 54% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 344 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 278 (32%) · **■** Household industry 24 (3%) · **■** Other work 104 (12%) · **■** Marginal 114 (13%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Kankrej

- Kunvarava2,317 people
- Akoli Thakorvas2,292 people
- Anganwada2,237 people
- Valpura2,129 people
- Manpura2,072 people
- Bhadrevadi2,033 people
- Ranawada1,999 people
- Nana Jampur1,997 people

[All 101 villages in Kankrej](https://wherepedia.org/india/gujarat/banas-kantha/kankrej/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Akoli Maharajvas?385550
- How far is Akoli Maharajvas from Palanpur?65 km by road
- What is the population of Akoli Maharajvas?2,075 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akoli Maharajvas in?Banas Kantha district (Kankrej sub-district), Gujarat
- What is the literacy rate of Akoli Maharajvas?64.3% (Census 2011)
