About Sakhwa Village

Sakhwa is a small village in Barachatti tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 198, made up of 95 males and 103 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,084 females per 1000 males. The village covers 305 hectares hectares.

Sakhwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakhwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Barachatti
Area (hectares)	305 hectares
Population	198
Male Population	95
Female Population	103
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,084
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Sakhwa compares

By the 2011 count Sakhwa is the 115th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents. Its 305 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Sakhwa

Sakhwa is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Sakhwa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sakhwa from other places

Sakhwa lies about 44 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Gurpa, about 25 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Sakhwa
Nearest town	Bagaha	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barachatti	15 km
Nearest railway station	Gurpa	25 km
District headquarters	Gaya	44 km

Villages closest to Sakhwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barachatti tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Sakhwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakhwa village had a population of 198. That makes it the 115th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents.

Sakhwa village has 95 males and 103 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakhwa has about 1084 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Sakhwa covers 305 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sakhwa falls under Barachatti tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sakhwa is Gurpa, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Sakhwa.

Sakhwa is about 44 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakhwa is in Barachatti tehsil of Gaya district. Bagaha is about 14 km away. Barachatti is about 15 km away. Gurpa is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.