About Sawkheda Village

Sawkheda is a mid sized village in Bhokardan tehsil, in the district of Jalna, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,339, made up of 685 males and 654 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 467.14 hectares hectares.

Sawkheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sawkheda village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Jalna
Tehsil	Bhokardan
Area (hectares)	467.14 hectares
Population	1,339
Male Population	685
Female Population	654
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	955
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sawkheda compares

By the 2011 count Sawkheda is the 83rd largest of the 155 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,832 residents. Its 467.14 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Sawkheda

Sawkheda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sawkheda as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Sawkheda from other places

Sawkheda lies about 39 km from Jalna, and the nearest railway station is Gevarai, about 27 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 Sawkheda
Tehsil headquarters	Bhokardan	20 km
Nearest railway station	Gevarai	27 km
District headquarters	Jalna	39 km

Villages closest to Sawkheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sawkheda village had a population of 1,339. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 155 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,832 residents.

Sawkheda village has 685 males and 654 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sawkheda has about 955 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 939.

Sawkheda covers 467.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sawkheda falls under Bhokardan tehsil of Jalna district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sawkheda is Gevarai, about 27 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 5 - 10 km distance for Sawkheda.

Sawkheda is about 39 km from Jalna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sawkheda is in Bhokardan tehsil of Jalna district. Bhokardan is about 20 km away. Gevarai is about 27 km away. Jalna is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.