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About Saikhed Village

Saikhed is a mid sized village in Darwha tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,917, made up of 951 males and 966 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 349.07 hectares hectares.

Saikhed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saikhed village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Yavatmal
Tehsil Darwha
Area (hectares) 349.07 hectares
Population 1,917
Male Population 951
Female Population 966
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,016
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Saikhed compares

By the 2011 count Saikhed is the 17th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,243 residents. Its 349.07 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Saikhed

Saikhed is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Saikhed as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Saikhed from other places

Saikhed lies about 36 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Darwha Motibag, about 5.5 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 Saikhed
Tehsil headquarters Darwha 4.4 km
Nearest town Dārwha 4.4 km
Nearest railway station Darwha Motibag 5.5 km
District headquarters Yavatmal 36 km

Villages closest to Saikhed

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

Common questions about Saikhed

As per the Census of India 2011, Saikhed village had a population of 1,917. That makes it the 17th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,243 residents.

Saikhed village has 951 males and 966 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saikhed has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

Saikhed covers 349.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saikhed falls under Darwha tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Saikhed is Darwha Motibag, about 5.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Saikhed.

Saikhed is about 36 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saikhed is in Darwha tehsil of Yavatmal district. Darwha is about 4.4 km away. Dārwha is about 4.4 km away. Darwha Motibag is about 5.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gondegaon (under 2 km), Dudhgaon (under 2 km) and Bagapur (1.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Saikhed today is likely to be higher.

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