About Sakandi Village

Sakandi is a large village in Beohari tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,124, made up of 1,121 males and 1,003 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 258.62 hectares hectares.

Sakandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakandi village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shahdol
Tehsil	Beohari
Area (hectares)	258.62 hectares
Population	2,124
Male Population	1,121
Female Population	1,003
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sakandi compares

By the 2011 count Sakandi is the 21st largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,375 residents. Its 258.62 hectares work out to about 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Sakandi

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

Sakandi lies about 87 km from Shahdol, and the nearest railway station is Vijay Sota, about 5.9 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 Sakandi
Nearest railway station	Vijay Sota	5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Beohari	32 km
Nearest town	Beohāri	32 km
District headquarters	Shahdol	87 km

Villages closest to Sakandi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakandi village had a population of 2,124. That makes it the 21st largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,375 residents.

Sakandi village has 1,121 males and 1,003 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakandi has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Sakandi covers 258.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sakandi falls under Beohari tehsil of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sakandi is Vijay Sota, about 5.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Sakandi.

Sakandi is about 87 km from Shahdol in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakandi is in Beohari tehsil of Shahdol district. Vijay Sota is about 5.9 km away. Beohari is about 32 km away. Beohāri is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.