Akola
Constituency No. 6 · General
Assembly segments in this district
- Akot
- Balapur
- Akola West
- Akola East
- Murtizapur
Akola District
Maharashtra
Akola district is one of the districts of Maharashtra. Its administrative headquarters is at Akola. It covers 5,429 sq km and had a population of 18,13,906 at the 2011 census, a density of 334 people per square kilometre. Electorally it is covered by 1 Lok Sabha constituency and 5 assembly segments.
District Headquarters
Akola
Area
5,429 sq km
Population
18.14 Lakh
(2011)
Population Density
334 /km²
Literacy Rate
88.05%
Sex Ratio
937
per 1,000 males
Akola District Overview
Census 2011Key demographic and social figures for Akola district.
Total Population
18.14 Lakh
Male Population
9.36 Lakh
Female Population
8.78 Lakh
Rural Population
10.89 Lakh
Urban Population
7.25 Lakh
Scheduled Caste
3.62 Lakh
Scheduled Tribe
1.01 Lakh
Literacy Rate
88.05%
Population Density
334 /km²
Sex Ratio
937
females per 1,000 males
Male literacy 92.34%Female literacy 83.54%
District Administration
Administrative structure of Akola district.
7
Tehsils
7
Blocks
0
Nyay Panchayats
541
Gram Panchayats
995
Villages
- Headquarters
- Akola
- Languages
- Marathi, Urdu, Hindi
- Census Year
- 2011
- Coordinates
- 20.7° N, 77° E
Lok Sabha Constituencies Covering Akola
(1)A district can be covered by several Lok Sabha constituencies, and a constituency can reach into more than one district.
Primary
Assembly Constituencies Covering Akola
(5)Assembly constituencies form the segments within Lok Sabha constituencies.
No. 28 · Akola
PB
Prakash Gunwantrao Bharsakale
Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA
No. 29 · Akola
ND
Nitin Bhikanrao Deshmukh
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)
MLA
No. 30 · Akola
SK
Sajid Khan Mannan Khan
Indian National Congress
MLA
No. 31 · Akola
RS
Randhir Pralhadrao Savarkar
Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA
No. 32 · Akola
HP
Harish Marotiappa Pimple
Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA
Your Representatives from Akola
(6)Members of Parliament and of the Legislative Assembly representing Akola district.
- PBPrakash Gunwantrao BharsakaleBharatiya Janata PartyMLAAkot · No. 28
- NDNitin Bhikanrao DeshmukhShiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)MLABalapur · No. 29
- SKSajid Khan Mannan KhanIndian National CongressMLAAkola West · No. 30
- RSRandhir Pralhadrao SavarkarBharatiya Janata PartyMLAAkola East · No. 31
- HPHarish Marotiappa PimpleBharatiya Janata PartyMLAMurtizapur · No. 32
Election History
Lok SabhaAkola · No. 6
- 202418th Lok SabhaBJPAnup Sanjay DhotreVotes 4,57,030Vote share 39.12%Margin 40,626
- 1. Anup Sanjay Dhotre · BJP4,57,030 (39.12%)
- 2. Abhay Kashinath Patil · INC4,16,404 (35.64%)
- 3. Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar · Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi2,76,747 (23.69%)
- 201917th Lok SabhaBJPSanjay Shamrao DhotreVotes 5,54,444Vote share 49.53%Margin 2,75,596
- 1. Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre · BJP5,54,444 (49.53%)
- 2. Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar · Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi2,78,848 (24.91%)
- 3. Hidayatulla Barkatulla Patel · INC2,54,256 (22.71%)
- 201416th Lok SabhaBJPSanjay Shamrao DhotreVotes 4,56,472Vote share 46.25%Margin 2,03,116
- 1. Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre · BJP4,56,472 (46.25%)
- 2. Hidayatulla Barkatulla Patel · INC2,53,356 (25.67%)
- 3. Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar · Bharmipa2,38,776 (24.19%)
Political Geography
Understanding the administrative and electoral structure.
Quick Navigation
Akola District at a Glance
- State
- Maharashtra
- Headquarters
- Akola
- Area
- 5,429 sq km
- Population
- 18.14 Lakh
- Population density
- 334 per km²
- Sex ratio
- 937 per 1,000 males
- Literacy rate
- 88.05%
- Languages
- Marathi, Urdu, Hindi
- Tehsils
- 7
- Blocks
- 7
- Gram panchayats
- 541
- Villages
- 995
- Lok Sabha seats
- 1
- Assembly segments
- 5
- Census year
- 2011
Sources & data
- Census of India (2011)
- Election Commission of India
- Government of Maharashtra
Compiled from public records
Figures are as complete as the underlying records.