About Sakhar Village

Sakhar is a mid sized village in Velhe tehsil, in the district of Pune, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 737, made up of 376 males and 361 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 194 hectares hectares.

Sakhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakhar village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Pune
Tehsil	Velhe
Area (hectares)	194 hectares
Population	737
Male Population	376
Female Population	361
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	960
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sakhar compares

By the 2011 count Sakhar is the 22nd largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 440 residents. Its 194 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Sakhar

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

Sakhar lies about 30 km from Pune, and the nearest railway station is Kothrud, 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 Sakhar
Tehsil headquarters	Velhe	10 km
Nearest town	Kharakvasla	19 km
Nearest railway station	Kothrud	27 km
District headquarters	Pune	30 km

Villages closest to Sakhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakhar village had a population of 737. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 440 residents.

Sakhar village has 376 males and 361 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakhar has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1017.

Sakhar covers 194 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sakhar falls under Velhe tehsil of Pune district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sakhar is Kothrud, 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 10+ km distance for Sakhar.

Sakhar is about 30 km from Pune in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakhar is in Velhe tehsil of Pune district. Velhe is about 10 km away. Kharakvasla is about 19 km away. Kothrud is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.