About Sakhar Village

Sakhar is a mid sized village in Rajapur tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,127, made up of 478 males and 649 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,358 females per 1000 males. The village covers 845.86 hectares hectares.

Sakhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakhar village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Rajapur
Area (hectares)	845.86 hectares
Population	1,127
Male Population	478
Female Population	649
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,358
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 34th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 665 residents. Its 845.86 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1229.

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. The nearest villages by name are Ranewadi, Rautwadi, Rundhe and Sabalewadi. 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 Sakhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakhar village had a population of 1,127. That makes it the 34th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 665 residents.

Sakhar village has 478 males and 649 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakhar has about 1358 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1229.

Sakhar covers 845.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sakhar falls under Rajapur tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Sakhar 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 Sakhar.

Sakhar is in Rajapur tehsil of Ratnagiri 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.