# Akotola Village, Goregaon, Gondiya (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Goregaon, Gondiya 

# Akotola

Akotola is a village in Goregaon sub-district of Gondiya district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **221 people in 45 households**, the 87th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.1%.

- 221people (2011)
- 45households
- 86.7%literacy
- 857females per 1,000 males

## Akotola PIN code and other codes

Akotola falls in Goregaon sub-district, Gondiya district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockGoregaon
- Census village code537714

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

## How far is Akotola from nearby towns?

- Goregaon (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Gondiya (district HQ)31 km by road
- Gondiya (nearest town)31 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 Akotola?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Akotola; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Chopa
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Chopa
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Goregaon
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 18 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 Akotola known for?

About 81% of the 72 hectares of village land is sown, and 10 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 Akotola

Of every 100 households in Akotola in 2011, 97 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 42 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Akotola · ■ Goregaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**81%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**45%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****79%**

**70%

Television ****50%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****42%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**16%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Akotola?

■ Akotola · ■ Goregaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.7%**

**85.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****857**

**1014

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**967

Working population ****59.7%**

**51.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.3% for men and 77.5% for women. 59% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 122 (92%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 7 (5%)

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 Goregaon

- Changotola303 people
- Nawargaon270 people
- Kanhartola245 people
- Garada224 people
- Hausitola219 people
- Kanhartola Chopa154 people
- Sondlagondi145 people
- Saitola129 people

[All 99 villages in Goregaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/gondiya/goregaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Akotola from Gondiya?31 km by road
- What is the population of Akotola?221 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Akotola in?Gondiya district (Goregaon sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Akotola?86.7% (Census 2011)