About Behed Village

Behed is a large village in Sakri tehsil, in the district of Dhule, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,235, made up of 1,155 males and 1,080 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1409.47 hectares hectares.

Behed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behed village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Dhule
Tehsil	Sakri
Area (hectares)	1409.47 hectares
Population	2,235
Male Population	1,155
Female Population	1,080
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Behed compares

By the 2011 count Behed is the 50th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,957 residents. Its 1409.47 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 987.

Getting to Behed

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

Behed lies about 9.8 km from Sakri, and the nearest railway station is Dhule, about 47 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 Behed
Tehsil headquarters	Sakri	9.8 km
Nearest railway station	Dhule	47 km

Villages closest to Behed

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Behed village had a population of 2,235. That makes it the 50th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,957 residents.

Behed village has 1,155 males and 1,080 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behed has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Behed covers 1409.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Behed falls under Sakri tehsil of Dhule district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Behed is Dhule, about 47 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 Behed.

Behed is about 9.8 km from Sakri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Behed is in Sakri tehsil of Dhule district. Sakri is about 9.8 km away. Dhule is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.