About Sakha Village

Sakha is a mid sized village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 919, made up of 459 males and 460 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 792.54 hectares hectares.

Sakha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakha village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Baihar
Area (hectares)	792.54 hectares
Population	919
Male Population	459
Female Population	460
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,002
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sakha compares

By the 2011 count Sakha is the 86th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 792.54 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Sakha

Sakha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sakha as Available within 5 - 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 Sakha from other places

Sakha lies about 65 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Dhapewara, about 63 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 Sakha
Nearest town	Malajkhand	7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baihar	26 km
Nearest railway station	Dhapewara	63 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	65 km

Villages closest to Sakha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakha village had a population of 919. That makes it the 86th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Sakha village has 459 males and 460 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakha has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

Sakha covers 792.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sakha falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sakha is Dhapewara, about 63 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sakha.

Sakha is about 65 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakha is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Malajkhand is about 7.6 km away. Baihar is about 26 km away. Dhapewara is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.