About Degaon Village

Degaon is a mid sized village in Sakri tehsil, in the district of Dhule, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,605, made up of 831 males and 774 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 545.8 hectares hectares.

Degaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Degaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Dhule
Tehsil	Sakri
Area (hectares)	545.8 hectares
Population	1,605
Male Population	831
Female Population	774
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	931
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Degaon compares

By the 2011 count Degaon is the 96th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,957 residents. Its 545.8 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 987.

Getting to Degaon

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

Degaon lies about 63 km from Dhule, and the nearest railway station is Chinchpada, about 39 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 Degaon
Tehsil headquarters	Sakri	16 km
Nearest railway station	Chinchpada	39 km
District headquarters	Dhule	63 km

Villages closest to Degaon

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 Degaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Degaon village had a population of 1,605. That makes it the 96th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,957 residents.

Degaon village has 831 males and 774 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Degaon has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Degaon covers 545.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Degaon falls under Sakri tehsil of Dhule district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Degaon is Chinchpada, about 39 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 Degaon.

Degaon is about 63 km from Dhule in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Degaon is in Sakri tehsil of Dhule district. Sakri is about 16 km away. Chinchpada is about 39 km away. Dhule is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.