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About Saktapur Village

Saktapur is a mid sized village in Punasa tehsil, in the district of Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,635, made up of 861 males and 774 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 743.1 hectares hectares.

Saktapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saktapur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Khandwa
Tehsil Punasa
Area (hectares) 743.1 hectares
Population 1,635
Male Population 861
Female Population 774
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 899
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Saktapur compares

By the 2011 count Saktapur is the 38th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,295 residents. Its 743.1 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 943.

Getting to Saktapur

Saktapur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Saktapur 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 within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Saktapur from other places

Saktapur lies about 42 km from Khandwa, and the nearest railway station is Nimar Kheri, about 14 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 Saktapur
Nearest railway station Nimar Kheri 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Punasa 15 km
Nearest town Punāsa 15 km
District headquarters Khandwa 42 km

Villages closest to Saktapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saktapur village had a population of 1,635. That makes it the 38th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,295 residents.

Saktapur village has 861 males and 774 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saktapur has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Saktapur covers 743.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saktapur falls under Punasa tehsil of Khandwa district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Saktapur is Nimar Kheri, about 14 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Saktapur.

Saktapur is about 42 km from Khandwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saktapur is in Punasa tehsil of Khandwa district. Nimar Kheri is about 14 km away. Punasa is about 15 km away. Punāsa is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kelwa Buzurg (1.9 km), Kaman Kheda (2.6 km) and Ghoghalgaon (3.4 km).

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

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