city, north-central Maharashtra, western India, on the Murna river. An important road and rail junction in the Tapti river valley, it is a commercial centre trading chiefly in cotton. There are also textile and vegetable oil industries. In the past it was incorporated in turn into several local Muslim kingdoms. Akola is an important educational centre, with several colleges affiliated with the University of Amaravati. Also located there is the Punjabrao Agricultural University. The chief crops grown in the surrounding area are cotton, jowar, and peanuts (groundnuts). The region's industries are agriculture-based, the important ones being cotton-ginning and pressing, oil processing, and bidi (cigarette) manufacture. There is a thermal power station at Paras. Population (2001) 400,520.
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