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About Sakwah Kalan Village

Sakwah Kalan is a mid sized village in Nainpur tehsil, in the district of Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,721, made up of 864 males and 857 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 992 females per 1000 males. The village covers 480.1 hectares hectares.

Sakwah Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakwah Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandla
Tehsil Nainpur
Area (hectares) 480.1 hectares
Population 1,721
Male Population 864
Female Population 857
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 992
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sakwah Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Sakwah Kalan is the 12th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 834 residents. Its 480.1 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Sakwah Kalan

Sakwah Kalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sakwah Kalan 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sakwah Kalan from other places

Sakwah Kalan lies about 13 km from Mandla, and the nearest railway station is Bamhani Banjar, about 2.8 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 Sakwah Kalan
Nearest railway station Bamhani Banjar 2.8 km
District headquarters Mandla 13 km
Nearest town Mandlā 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Nainpur 25 km

Villages closest to Sakwah Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nainpur 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 Sakwah Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakwah Kalan village had a population of 1,721. That makes it the 12th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 834 residents.

Sakwah Kalan village has 864 males and 857 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakwah Kalan has about 992 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1021.

Sakwah Kalan covers 480.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sakwah Kalan falls under Nainpur tehsil of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sakwah Kalan is Bamhani Banjar, about 2.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Sakwah Kalan.

Sakwah Kalan is about 13 km from Mandla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakwah Kalan is in Nainpur tehsil of Mandla district. Bamhani Banjar is about 2.8 km away. Mandla is about 13 km away. Mandlā is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jaidepur (2.0 km), Murgatola F V (3.5 km) and Jahar Mau (4.0 km).

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

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