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About Sakad Village

Sakad is a mid sized village in Niwali tehsil, in the district of Barwani, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,773, made up of 934 males and 839 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 777.92 hectares hectares.

Sakad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakad village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Barwani
Tehsil Niwali
Area (hectares) 777.92 hectares
Population 1,773
Male Population 934
Female Population 839
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 898
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Sakad compares

By the 2011 count Sakad is the 20th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,678 residents. Its 777.92 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Sakad

The census records public bus service for Sakad as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sakad from other places

Sakad lies about 22 km from Barwani, and the nearest railway station is Hathi gate station, about 6.6 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 Sakad
Nearest town Rajpur 6.0 km
Nearest railway station Hathi gate station 6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Niwali 22 km
District headquarters Barwani 22 km

Villages closest to Sakad

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

Common questions about Sakad

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakad village had a population of 1,773. That makes it the 20th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,678 residents.

Sakad village has 934 males and 839 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakad has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 996.

Sakad covers 777.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sakad falls under Niwali tehsil of Barwani district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sakad is Hathi gate station, about 6.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Sakad.

Sakad is about 22 km from Barwani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakad is in Niwali tehsil of Barwani district. Rajpur is about 6.0 km away. Hathi gate station is about 6.6 km away. Niwali is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khadki (7.2 km), Morgun (8.2 km) and Borli (13 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Sakad today is likely to be higher.

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