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- LGD code
- 526575
- Pincode
- 424302
- Post office
- Kusumba
- Population
- 2,120
- Households
- 449
- Literacy rate
- 64%
- Sex ratio
- 936 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,140
- Distance to district centre
- 30 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 35 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 271 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 570 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dhule · 22 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Ner · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Aklad compares
By population, Aklad ranks #75 of 163 villages in Dhule mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.0%
+0.6% vs mandal average
Aklad64.0%
Dhule mandal63.4%
Dhule district63.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
936
+11 vs mandal average
Aklad936
Dhule mandal925
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.3 vs mandal average
Aklad4.7
Dhule mandal5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Aklad at a glance
Aklad is a village of 2,120 people in 449 households (Census 2011) in Dhule taluka, Dhule district, Maharashtra, the 75th-largest of 163 villages in Dhule taluka. Literacy is 64%, about the same as the taluka average of 63% and the sex ratio is 936 women per 1,000 men. It lies 30 km from the Dhule district centre, 28 km from Kapadne, the nearest town, 22 km from Dhule railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 424302, served by Kusumba post office; the LGD village code is 526575. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Ner, 4 km away. The village votes in Dhule Rural assembly constituency, represented by MLA Raghavendra (Ramdada) Manohar Patil. The population is estimated at 2,499 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Aklad
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DHULE
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 1,067.9
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 601.19
- Forest area (ha)
- 9.96
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Aklad
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Aklad
- LGD code
- 526575
- Pincode
- 424302
- Post office
- Kusumba
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,120
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,499
- Households
- 449
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 936
- Literacy rate
- 64.0%
- Coordinates
- 20.93016°N, 74.56067°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhule
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhule Rural
- Member of Parliament
- Bachhav Shobha Dinesh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Raghavendra (Ramdada) Manohar Patil
- Block / Mandal
- Dhule
Getting there
How to reach Aklad
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai271 kmcapital
- Hyderabad570 km
- Delhi895 km
- Bengaluru942 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDhule22 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Ner4 km
- ATM / bankBank of Baroda34 km
- Petrol pumpHP20 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Government Hospital, Ner4.4 km
Same pincode
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)