About Sakham Village

Sakham is a mid sized village in Tisri tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 528, made up of 278 males and 250 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 350 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sakham Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakham village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Tisri
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	350 hectares
Population	528
Male Population	278
Female Population	250
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sakham compares

By the 2011 count Sakham is the 58th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 527 residents. Its 350 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Sakham

Sakham is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sakham as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sakham from other places

Sakham lies about 63 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 29 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 Sakham
Tehsil headquarters	Tisri	13 km
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	29 km
Nearest town	Jamūī	36 km
District headquarters	Giridih	63 km

Villages closest to Sakham

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tisri 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 Sakham

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakham village had a population of 528. That makes it the 58th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 527 residents.

Sakham village has 278 males and 250 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakham has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Sakham is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sakham covers 350 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sakham falls under Tisri tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sakham is Dhanwar, about 29 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sakham.

Sakham is about 63 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakham is in Tisri tehsil of Giridih district. Tisri is about 13 km away. Dhanwar is about 29 km away. Jamūī is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.