About Sakara Village

Sakara is a mid sized village in Sakoli tehsil, in the district of Bhandara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 843, made up of 430 males and 413 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 313 hectares hectares.

Sakara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakara village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Bhandara
Tehsil	Sakoli
Area (hectares)	313 hectares
Population	843
Male Population	430
Female Population	413
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	960
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sakara compares

By the 2011 count Sakara is the 47th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,442 residents. Its 313 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Sakara

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

Sakara lies about 38 km from Bhandara, and the nearest railway station is Gond Umari, about 12 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 Sakara
Tehsil headquarters	Sakoli	9.0 km
Nearest railway station	Gond Umari	12 km
District headquarters	Bhandara	38 km
Nearest town	Bhandāra	38 km

Villages closest to Sakara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakara village had a population of 843. That makes it the 47th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,442 residents.

Sakara village has 430 males and 413 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakara has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 964.

Sakara covers 313 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sakara falls under Sakoli tehsil of Bhandara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sakara is Gond Umari, about 12 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 Sakara.

Sakara is about 38 km from Bhandara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakara is in Sakoli tehsil of Bhandara district. Sakoli is about 9.0 km away. Gond Umari is about 12 km away. Bhandara is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.