About Sakur Village

Sakur is a mid sized village in Jawhar tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,380, made up of 427 males and 953 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 2,232 females per 1000 males. The village covers 315.46 hectares hectares.

Sakur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakur village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Tehsil	Jawhar
Area (hectares)	315.46 hectares
Population	1,380
Male Population	427
Female Population	953
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	2,232
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sakur compares

By the 2011 count Sakur is the 38th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents. Its 315.46 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1035.

Getting to Sakur

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

Sakur lies about 79 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Umbermali, about 33 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 Sakur
Tehsil headquarters	Jawhar	5.2 km
Nearest railway station	Umbermali	33 km
Nearest town	Igatpuri	40 km
District headquarters	Thane	79 km

Villages closest to Sakur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakur village had a population of 1,380. That makes it the 38th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents.

Sakur village has 427 males and 953 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakur has about 2232 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1035.

Sakur covers 315.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sakur falls under Jawhar tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sakur is Umbermali, about 33 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 Sakur.

Sakur is about 79 km from Thane in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakur is in Jawhar tehsil of Thane district. Jawhar is about 5.2 km away. Umbermali is about 33 km away. Igatpuri is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.