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About Saikheda Village

Saikheda is a large village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,039, made up of 1,087 males and 952 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 709.73 hectares hectares.

Saikheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saikheda village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Sagar
Area (hectares) 709.73 hectares
Population 2,039
Male Population 1,087
Female Population 952
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 876
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Saikheda compares

By the 2011 count Saikheda is the 52nd largest of the 342 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 709.73 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 884.

Getting to Saikheda

Saikheda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Saikheda as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Saikheda from other places

Saikheda lies about 13 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Lidhora Khurd, about 2.3 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 Saikheda
Nearest railway station Lidhora Khurd 2.3 km
Nearest town Makronia 6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagar 13 km

Villages closest to Saikheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saikheda village had a population of 2,039. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 342 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Saikheda village has 1,087 males and 952 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saikheda has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 884.

Saikheda covers 709.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saikheda falls under Sagar tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Saikheda is Lidhora Khurd, about 2.3 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Saikheda.

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

Saikheda is in Sagar tehsil of Sagar district. Lidhora Khurd is about 2.3 km away. Makronia is about 6.8 km away. Sagar 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 Khaejra Budhu (under 2 km), Pipariya Karkat (2.4 km) and Lidhora Khurd (2.5 km).

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

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