About Sawakheda Village

Sawakheda is a mid sized village in Shahade tehsil, in the district of Nandurbar, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,176, made up of 620 males and 556 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 660 hectares hectares.

Sawakheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sawakheda village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Nandurbar
Tehsil	Shahade
Area (hectares)	660 hectares
Population	1,176
Male Population	620
Female Population	556
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sawakheda compares

By the 2011 count Sawakheda is the 114th largest of the 181 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,895 residents. Its 660 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Sawakheda

Sawakheda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sawakheda 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. The nearest villages by name are Raikhed, Rampur, Ranipur and Sarangkheda. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Sawakheda

As per the Census of India 2011, Sawakheda village had a population of 1,176. That makes it the 114th largest of the 181 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,895 residents.

Sawakheda village has 620 males and 556 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sawakheda has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 994.

Sawakheda covers 660 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sawakheda falls under Shahade tehsil of Nandurbar district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Sawakheda notes the nearest railway station 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 Sawakheda.

Sawakheda is in Shahade tehsil of Nandurbar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.