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Chhattisgarh sugar mill distributes 50 kg sugar to over 11,000 shareholder farmers at Rs 30/kg
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
MG
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MAHESHWARI GAUR
Contact: 92****4217
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- LGD code
- 443307
- Pincode
- 491230
- Population
- 253
- Households
- 55
- Literacy rate
- 67.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1181 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 130
- Distance to district centre
- 159 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 152 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 132 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 511 km
- Nearest railway station
- Birsola · 21 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Kushal Hospital · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Akola compares
By population, Akola ranks #91 of 112 villages in Daundi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.6%
+0.3% vs mandal average
- Akola
- 67.6%
- Daundi mandal
- 67.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,181
+130 vs mandal average
- Akola
- 1,181
- Daundi mandal
- 1,051
Household size
people per home
4.6
Same as the mandal average
- Akola
- 4.6
- Daundi mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Akola at a glance
Akola is a village of 253 people in 55 households (Census 2011) in Daundi tehsil, Balod district, Chhattisgarh, the 91st-largest of 112 villages in Daundi tehsil. Literacy is 68%, about the same as the tehsil average of 67% and the sex ratio is 1,181 women per 1,000 men. It lies 159 km from the Balod district centre, 21 km from Birsola railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 491230; the LGD village code is 443307. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kushal Hospital, 8 km away. The sarpanch is MAHESHWARI GAUR, and the village votes in Sanjari Balod assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sangeeta Sinha. The population is estimated at 298 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Akola
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DALLI-RAJHARA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 100
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SALHAITOLA
- Total area (ha)
- 328.82
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 3
- Forest area (ha)
- 211.24
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Akola
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Akola
- LGD code
- 443307
- Pincode
- 491230
- Population (Census 2011)
- 253
- Population (projected 2026)
- 298
- Households
- 55
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1181
- Literacy rate
- 67.6%
- Coordinates
- 21.60401°N, 80.40870°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kanker
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sanjari Balod
- Member of Parliament
- Bhojraj Nag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sangeeta Sinha
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MAHESHWARI GAUR
- Block / Mandal
- Daundi
Getting there
How to reach Akola
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur132 kmcapital
- Hyderabad511 km
- Kolkata827 km
- Mumbai834 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBirsola21 km
- Hospital / PHCKushal Hospital8 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India33 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum19 km
- CollegeSmt KDM Collge20 km
- Police stationNaya Police thana57 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)