About Saokhed Village

Saokhed is a mid sized village in Deolgaon Raja tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,447, made up of 735 males and 712 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 572.74 hectares hectares.

Saokhed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saokhed village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Buldana
Tehsil	Deolgaon Raja
Area (hectares)	572.74 hectares
Population	1,447
Male Population	735
Female Population	712
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	969
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Saokhed compares

By the 2011 count Saokhed is the 28th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,575 residents. Its 572.74 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Saokhed

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

Saokhed lies about 6.9 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Khamgaon, about 44 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 Saokhed
Tehsil headquarters	Deolgaon Raja	6.9 km
District headquarters	Buldana	6.9 km
Nearest town	Buldāna	6.9 km
Nearest railway station	Khamgaon	44 km

Villages closest to Saokhed

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Deolgaon Raja 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 Saokhed

As per the Census of India 2011, Saokhed village had a population of 1,447. That makes it the 28th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,575 residents.

Saokhed village has 735 males and 712 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saokhed has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 908.

Saokhed covers 572.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saokhed falls under Deolgaon Raja tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Saokhed is Khamgaon, about 44 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 Saokhed.

Saokhed is about 6.9 km from Buldana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saokhed is in Deolgaon Raja tehsil of Buldana district. Deolgaon Raja is about 6.9 km away. Buldana is about 6.9 km away. Buldāna is about 6.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.