GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS

The district now covers an area of 10,567 sq. km. and has according to the 1971 Census a population of 1,501,478. The administrative divisions now stand as below:—

Disirict/Tahsil

Name of Headquarters

Area in Sq km.

1971 Population

1

2

3

4

Akola District

Akola

8,998.20

15,01,478

1. Akot tahsil

Akot

1,424.5

2,36,689

2. Balapur tahsil

Balapur

1,372.7

1,79,020

3. Akola tahsil

Akola

1,906.2

3,89,745

4. Murtizapur tahsil

Murtizapur

1,587.7

2,07.297

5. Mangrulpir tahsil

Mangrulpir

1,595.5

1,75,158

6. Washim tahsil

Washim

2,709.1

3,13,569

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