About Saktara Village

Saktara is a mid sized village in Pawai tehsil, in the district of Panna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 541, made up of 285 males and 256 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 332.57 hectares hectares.

Saktara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saktara village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Panna
Tehsil	Pawai
Area (hectares)	332.57 hectares
Population	541
Male Population	285
Female Population	256
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Saktara compares

By the 2011 count Saktara is the 95th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 894 residents. Its 332.57 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Saktara

Saktara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Saktara as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Saktara from other places

Saktara lies about 59 km from Panna, and the nearest railway station is Ghunwara Railway Station, about 20 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 Saktara
Nearest railway station	Ghunwara Railway Station	20 km
Nearest town	Maihar	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pawai	34 km
District headquarters	Panna	59 km

Villages closest to Saktara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saktara village had a population of 541. That makes it the 95th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 894 residents.

Saktara village has 285 males and 256 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saktara has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 909.

Saktara covers 332.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Saktara falls under Pawai tehsil of Panna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Saktara is Ghunwara Railway Station, about 20 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 10+ km distance for Saktara.

Saktara is about 59 km from Panna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saktara is in Pawai tehsil of Panna district. Ghunwara Railway Station is about 20 km away. Maihar is about 26 km away. Pawai is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.