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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
bela singh
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- LGD code
- 501559
- Pincode
- 484770
- Post office
- Gohparu
- Population
- 454
- Households
- 118
- Literacy rate
- 38.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1183 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 283
- Distance to district centre
- 193 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 185 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 181 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 580 km
- Nearest railway station
- Girwar · 22 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Rehli · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Akala compares
By population, Akala ranks #92 of 130 villages in Gohparu mandal.
Literacy rate
%
38.5%
−16.9% vs mandal average
- Akala
- 38.5%
- Gohparu mandal
- 55.4%
- Shahdol district
- 56.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,183
+171 vs mandal average
- Akala
- 1,183
- Gohparu mandal
- 1,012
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Akala
- 3.8
- Gohparu mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Akala at a glance
Akala is a village of 454 people in 118 households (Census 2011) in Gohparu tehsil, Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh, the 92nd-largest of 130 villages in Gohparu tehsil. Literacy is 39%, 17 points below the tehsil average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,183 women per 1,000 men. It lies 193 km from the Shahdol district centre, 22 km from Girwar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 484770, served by Gohparu post office; the LGD village code is 501559. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Rehli, 8 km away. The sarpanch is bela singh, and the village votes in Manpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Meena Singh. The population is estimated at 535 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Akala
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SHAHDOL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 31
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 1,174.56
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1.99
- Forest area (ha)
- 917.18
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Akala
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Akala
- LGD code
- 501559
- Pincode
- 484770
- Post office
- Gohparu
- Population (Census 2011)
- 454
- Population (projected 2026)
- 535
- Households
- 118
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1183
- Literacy rate
- 38.5%
- Coordinates
- 23.69296°N, 79.12336°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Shahdol
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Manpur
- Member of Parliament
- Himadri Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Meena Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- bela singh
- Block / Mandal
- Gohparu
- Nearest police station
- Police Station Manpur (204.1 km)
Getting there
How to reach Akala
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal181 kmcapital
- Delhi580 km
- Hyderabad705 km
- Mumbai825 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGirwar22 km
- Bus stopBus Stand Rehli8 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Rehli8 km
- ATM / bankPaunjab National Bank10 km
- Petrol pumpHP Petrol Pump Hazari Ji9 km
- CollegeGovt. College Rehli8 km
- Police stationBaheriya Police Station37 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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