About Sakhi Village

Sakhi is a mid sized village in Jaitpur tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,555, made up of 787 males and 768 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 496.06 hectares hectares.

Sakhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakhi village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shahdol
Tehsil	Jaitpur
Area (hectares)	496.06 hectares
Population	1,555
Male Population	787
Female Population	768
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	976
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sakhi compares

By the 2011 count Sakhi is the 29th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 879 residents. Its 496.06 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Sakhi

Sakhi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sakhi as Available within 5 - 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 Sakhi from other places

Sakhi lies about 116 km from Shahdol, and the nearest railway station is Deori, about 28 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 Sakhi
Tehsil headquarters	Jaitpur	10 km
Nearest railway station	Deori	28 km
Nearest town	Panāgar	28 km
District headquarters	Shahdol	116 km

Villages closest to Sakhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakhi village had a population of 1,555. That makes it the 29th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 879 residents.

Sakhi village has 787 males and 768 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakhi has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Sakhi covers 496.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sakhi falls under Jaitpur tehsil of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sakhi is Deori, about 28 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 village for Sakhi.

Sakhi is about 116 km from Shahdol in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakhi is in Jaitpur tehsil of Shahdol district. Jaitpur is about 10 km away. Deori is about 28 km away. Panāgar is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.