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Akola is a city in India that serves as the capital of Akola district. It is situated in the state of Maharashtra and shares borders with Akot and Washim. The city has a population of 425,817 and covers an area of 54.31 square kilometers. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as 286 meters.
The local postal code for Akola is 444001, and the dialing code is 724. It operates in the UTC+05:30 time zone. The city is described in the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Place details
- Locality
- Akola
- Region
- Maharashtra
- Country
- India
- Population
- 428,857
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Akola
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_caption
- Akola City Tower Chowk, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth Headquarters
- Settlement.nickname
- The Finacial City,
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 6
- Settlement.map_caption
- Akola in Maharashtra
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Maharashtra
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Akola
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.named_for
- Maharaja Akolsingh
- Settlement.government_type
- Mayor-Council
- Settlement.governing_body
- Akola Municipal Corporation
- Settlement.leader_title1
- District Collector
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Ajit Kumbhar (IAS)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Akola district
- Population
- 425817
- Area
- 54.31
- Elevation
- 286
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Akola district
- Shares border with
- Washim
- Official website
- akola.nic.in
- Image
- PDKV Akola - Agricultural University.png
- Dialing code
- 724
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- Commons category
- Akola
- topic's main category
- Category:Akola
- postal code
- 444001
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Friedrich Wilhelm Grund
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Early medieval history (Classical)
- Late medieval history
- Maratha Empire
- Post-independence
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Government and politics
- Governance
- Police administration
- Economy
- Education
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Akola () is a major city in the Vidarbha region of the Indian state of Maharashtra. With an estimated population of 600,000, Akola is a growing metropolis surrounded by forts, and has the Morna River running through the center of the city.
Akola is an important financial city and affiliated with Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University. It has recently become a hub of coaching classes preparing students for competitive exams like NEET and JEE. The city is developing into a market centre. The primary language spoken by the people of Akola is the Varhadi dialect of Marathi while English is used mostly in educational institutions and Hindi being a lingua franca, including large number of Native Berari a branch of Deccani language which is formally recognized as dialect of Urdu language.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Akola” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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