Akola district
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The entry is geolocated on the map in adm2nd.
Vinony files it under Akola district, Amravati division and Districts of Maharashtra.
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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Maharashtra
- Division
- Amravati
- Headquarters
- Akola
- Body
- Akola Zilla Parishad
- Guardian minister
- Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil , Cabinet Minister
- President zilla parishad
- President, Mrs. Pratibhatai Bapurao Bhojane Vice President, Mrs. Savitribai Hirasingh Rathod
- District collector
- Smt. Nima Arora (IAS)
- Ceo zilla parishad
- Mr. Saurabh Katiyar (IAS)
- Mps
- Anup Sanjay Dhotre , ( Akola )
- Total
- 5,428 km (2,096 sq mi)
- Density
- 334.2/km (865.5/sq mi)
- Urban
- 44.04%
- Literacy
- 88.05%
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 ( IST )
- Vehicle registration
- MH 30
- Major highways
- AH-46 , NH-53 , NH-161 , NH-161A , NH-161G , NH-161E , NH-361C , NH-548C , MSH-24, SH-197, SH-204, SH-200, SH-194, SH-195, SH-198, SH-199, SH-201, SH-212
- Average annual precipitation
- 750 mm
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Amravati division
- Capital
- Akola
- Population
- 1813906
- Area
- 5431
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Amravati district
- Official website
- akola.nic.in
- Image
- पशुसाठॊ चारा नेतांना शेतकरी महीला.jpg
- Households
- 395690
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- topic's main category
- Category:Akola district
- Commons category
- Akola district
- male population
- 932334
- female population
- 881572
- short name
- AKO
- urban population
- 719741
- rural population
- 1094165
- literate population
- 1411281
- illiterate population
- 402625
- native label
- अकोला जिल्हा
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Encyclopedic overview
Akola district (Marathi pronunciation: [əkolaː]) is a district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The city of Akola is the district headquarters. Akola district forms the central part of Amravati Division, which was the former British Raj Berar Province.
Area of the district is 5,428 km. It is bounded on the north and east by Amravati District, to the south by Washim District, and to the west by Buldhana District. Washim was earlier a part of Akola till 1999. Akola district includes seven talukas which are Akola, Akot, Telhara, Balapur, Barshitakli, Murtijapur and Patur.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Akola district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.