About Sakat Village

Sakat is a large village in Barshi tehsil, in the district of Solapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,541, made up of 1,347 males and 1,194 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1240 hectares hectares.

Sakat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakat village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Solapur
Tehsil	Barshi
Area (hectares)	1240 hectares
Population	2,541
Male Population	1,347
Female Population	1,194
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sakat compares

By the 2011 count Sakat is the 26th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,878 residents. Its 1240 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 905.

Getting to Sakat

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

Sakat lies about 53 km from Solapur, and the nearest railway station is Barsi Town, about 14 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 Sakat
Nearest railway station	Barsi Town	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barshi	15 km
District headquarters	Solapur	53 km

Villages closest to Sakat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakat village had a population of 2,541. That makes it the 26th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,878 residents.

Sakat village has 1,347 males and 1,194 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakat has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 905.

Sakat covers 1240 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sakat falls under Barshi tehsil of Solapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sakat is Barsi Town, about 14 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 Sakat.

Sakat is about 53 km from Solapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakat is in Barshi tehsil of Solapur district. Barsi Town is about 14 km away. Barshi is about 15 km away. Solapur is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.