About Saikheda Village

Saikheda is a mid sized village in Sawali tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 886, made up of 459 males and 427 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 268.73 hectares hectares.

Saikheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saikheda village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Chandrapur
Tehsil	Sawali
Area (hectares)	268.73 hectares
Population	886
Male Population	459
Female Population	427
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Saikheda compares

By the 2011 count Saikheda is the 45th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,148 residents. Its 268.73 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 991.

Getting to Saikheda

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

Saikheda lies about 129 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Sant Gadge Baba Yavatmal Railway Station, about 21 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 Saikheda
Nearest railway station	Sant Gadge Baba Yavatmal Railway Station	21 km
Nearest town	Umarsera	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sawali	25 km
District headquarters	Chandrapur	129 km

Villages closest to Saikheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saikheda village had a population of 886. That makes it the 45th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,148 residents.

Saikheda village has 459 males and 427 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saikheda has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 991.

Saikheda covers 268.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saikheda falls under Sawali tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Saikheda is Sant Gadge Baba Yavatmal Railway Station, about 21 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 Saikheda.

Saikheda is about 129 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saikheda is in Sawali tehsil of Chandrapur district. Sant Gadge Baba Yavatmal Railway Station is about 21 km away. Umarsera is about 22 km away. Sawali is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.