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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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'''Akhaj''' is a village in Mehsana Taluka of [[Mehsana district]] in the state of [[Gujarat]], India.

== History ==
The village was situated on the way of [[Anhilwad Patan|Anahilawad Patan]] and Ashapalli (modern [[Ahmedabad]]) in ancient times.<ref name=":0" />

== Demographics ==
As of 2011, Akhaj has a population of 4634: 2404 men and 2230 women.<ref name="censusindia">{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=571656|title=Census of India : Villages with population of Mehsana District|website=Census India|publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref>

== Places of interest ==

=== Shakti Kund ===
There is a stepped reservoir known as Shakti Kund in village.<ref name="GG1975" /> It was built in the third quarter of the 10th century during [[Chaulukya dynasty|Chaulukya]] rule ([[Māru-Gurjara architecture]]). It is older than the Surya Kunda at the [[Sun Temple, Modhera|Sun temple of Modhera]].There are number of fragments of the extinct temple and gateway (kirtitorana) nearby so there must be a temple dedicated to Goddess in the past and the Kunda was associated with it. The fragments include pillars and capitals, beams and arches, figures of divinities and others, fragments of spire (shikhara), cogged wheel (amalaka) and cupola (kalasha). The square kunda has round well in the centre which can be reached by flight of steps with three levels of landings and the principal platform at the top. The niches below these steps containing eight statues of [[Ganesha]] in various forms as well as other deities such as [[Shitala]], [[Agni]], [[Brahma]], [[Yama]], [[Yami]], [[Lakshmi]], [[Saptarishi]], [[Matrikas|Matrika]], [[Mahishasuramardini|Mahishasurmardini]], Harihararka (composite of Shiva, Vishnu and Surya), [[Varuna]], [[Lajja Gauri|Lajjagauri]], [[Shachi|Indrani]], Nriti, [[Kubera]], [[Kartikeya]]. Some figures are unidentifiable due to erosion and damage. It is the state protected monument (S-GJ-284).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/ShaktiKundaAkhaj|title=The Shakti Kunda at Akhaj|date=1987-12-04|last=Parikh|first=P. C.|work=Silver Jubilee Year 1988-1989|publisher=Department of Archaeology, Gujarat State|edition=1st|location=Ahmedabad|publication-date=March 1989|pages=[https://archive.org/details/ShaktiKundaAkhaj/page/n7 2]–22}}</ref>

There is a Shiva temple nearby.<ref name="GG1975">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JycbAAAAIAAJ|title=Gujarat State Gazetteers: Mehsana District|publisher=Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications, [[Government of Gujarat]]|year=1975|editor=S. B. Rajyagor|series=Gujarat State Gazetteers|volume=5|pages=783}}</ref>

==Economy==
Agriculture is the main source of income for this village.

==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Mehsana district]]

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