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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Bhaskar Govind Lohkare
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- LGD code
- 557268
- Pincode
- 422601
- Post office
- Akole
- Population
- 7,917
- Households
- 1,553
- Literacy rate
- 73.8%
- Sex ratio
- 948 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 3,269
- Distance to district centre
- 165 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 111 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 121 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 528 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ghoti · 47 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Rural Hospital, Kotul · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kotul compares
By population, Kotul ranks #3 of 189 villages in Akole mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.8%
+8.3% vs mandal average
- Kotul
- 73.8%
- Akole mandal
- 65.5%
- Ahmednagar district
- 69.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
948
−28 vs mandal average
- Kotul
- 948
- Akole mandal
- 976
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Kotul
- 5.1
- Akole mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kotul at a glance
Kotul is a village of 7,917 people in 1,553 households (Census 2011) in Akole taluka, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, the 3rd-largest of 189 villages in Akole taluka. Literacy is 74%, 8 points above the taluka average of 66% and the sex ratio is 948 women per 1,000 men. It lies 165 km from the Ahmednagar district centre, 19 km from Otur, the nearest town, 47 km from Ghoti railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 422601, served by Akole post office; the LGD village code is 557268. The nearest hospital or health centre is Rural Hospital, Kotul, <1 km away. The sarpanch is Bhaskar Govind Lohkare, and the village votes in Nevasa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vitthal Vakilrao Langhe. The population is estimated at 9,334 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kotul
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 10
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 2
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 1
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SANGAMNER
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 41
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 140
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 2,164
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1,504
- Forest area (ha)
- 196
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Kotul
- LGD code
- 557268
- Pincode
- 422601
- Post office
- Akole
- Population (Census 2011)
- 7,917
- Population (projected 2026)
- 9,334
- Households
- 1,553
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 948
- Literacy rate
- 73.8%
- Coordinates
- 19.43510°N, 73.96724°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Shirdi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Nevasa
- Member of Parliament
- Bhausaheb Wakchaure
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vitthal Vakilrao Langhe
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Bhaskar Govind Lohkare
- Block / Mandal
- Akole
Getting there
How to reach Kotul
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai121 kmcapital
- Hyderabad528 km
- Bengaluru816 km
- Chennai975 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGhoti47 km
- Bus stopRajur Bus Stand14 km
- Hospital / PHCRural Hospital, Kotul<1 km
- ATM / bankCorporation Bank13 km
- Petrol pumpChandramauli Petroleum7 km
- CollegeSharadchandra Pawar College of Pharmacy22 km
- Police stationRajur Police Station14 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Rural Hospital, Kotulunder 1 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kotul
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Hanuman MandirTemple3.5 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, 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)