About Sakmur Village

Sakmur is a small village in Gondpipri tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 280, made up of 146 males and 134 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 470.64 hectares hectares.

Sakmur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakmur village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Chandrapur
Tehsil	Gondpipri
Area (hectares)	470.64 hectares
Population	280
Male Population	146
Female Population	134
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sakmur compares

By the 2011 count Sakmur is the 78th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 809 residents. Its 470.64 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Sakmur

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

Sakmur lies about 54 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Sirpur Town, about 11 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 Sakmur
Nearest railway station	Sirpur Town	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gondpipri	18 km
Nearest town	Kagaznāgār	30 km
District headquarters	Chandrapur	54 km

Villages closest to Sakmur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakmur village had a population of 280. That makes it the 78th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 809 residents.

Sakmur village has 146 males and 134 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakmur has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Sakmur covers 470.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sakmur falls under Gondpipri tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sakmur is Sirpur Town, about 11 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 Sakmur.

Sakmur is about 54 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakmur is in Gondpipri tehsil of Chandrapur district. Sirpur Town is about 11 km away. Gondpipri is about 18 km away. Kagaznāgār is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.