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About Sawara Village

Sawara is a large village in Akot tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,474, made up of 1,296 males and 1,178 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 754.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 444101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sawara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sawara village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Akola
Tehsil Akot
Pincode 444101
Area (hectares) 754.02 hectares
Population 2,474
Male Population 1,296
Female Population 1,178
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 909
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sawara compares

By the 2011 count Sawara is the 17th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents. Its 754.02 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Sawara

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

Sawara lies about 43 km from Akola. 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 Sawara
Tehsil headquarters Akot 7.7 km
District headquarters Akola 43 km

Villages closest to Sawara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sawara village had a population of 2,474. That makes it the 17th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents.

Sawara village has 1,296 males and 1,178 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sawara has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Sawara is 444101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sawara covers 754.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sawara falls under Akot tehsil of Akola district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Sawara notes the nearest railway station 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 Sawara.

Sawara is about 43 km from Akola in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sawara is in Akot tehsil of Akola district. Akot is about 7.7 km away. Akola is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Manchanpur (under 2 km), Deulgaon (1.6 km) and Mirzapur (2.2 km).

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

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