About Sahit Village

Sahit is a mid sized village in Barshitakli tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 946, made up of 503 males and 443 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 472 hectares hectares.

Sahit Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sahit village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Akola
Tehsil	Barshitakli
Area (hectares)	472 hectares
Population	946
Male Population	503
Female Population	443
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sahit compares

By the 2011 count Sahit is the 48th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 472 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Sahit

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

Sahit lies about 24 km from Akola, and the nearest railway station is Barsitakli, about 13 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 Sahit
Nearest railway station	Barsitakli	13 km
Nearest town	Umbri	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barshitakli	24 km
District headquarters	Akola	24 km

Villages closest to Sahit

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sahit village had a population of 946. That makes it the 48th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Sahit village has 503 males and 443 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sahit has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Sahit covers 472 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sahit falls under Barshitakli tehsil of Akola district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sahit is Barsitakli, about 13 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sahit.

Sahit is about 24 km from Akola in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sahit is in Barshitakli tehsil of Akola district. Barsitakli is about 13 km away. Umbri is about 22 km away. Barshitakli is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.