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About Sakhara Village

Sakhara is a small village in Maregaon tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 279, made up of 138 males and 141 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 192.96 hectares hectares.

Sakhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakhara village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Yavatmal
Tehsil Maregaon
Area (hectares) 192.96 hectares
Population 279
Male Population 138
Female Population 141
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,022
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sakhara compares

By the 2011 count Sakhara is the 76th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 755 residents. Its 192.96 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 973.

Getting to Sakhara

Sakhara is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Sakhara as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Sakhara from other places

Sakhara lies about 70 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Rajur, about 17 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 Sakhara
Tehsil headquarters Maregaon 9.5 km
Nearest railway station Rajur 17 km
Nearest town Wani 24 km
District headquarters Yavatmal 70 km

Villages closest to Sakhara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakhara village had a population of 279. That makes it the 76th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 755 residents.

Sakhara village has 138 males and 141 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakhara has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

Sakhara covers 192.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sakhara falls under Maregaon tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Sakhara is Rajur, about 17 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Sakhara.

Sakhara is about 70 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakhara is in Maregaon tehsil of Yavatmal district. Maregaon is about 9.5 km away. Rajur is about 17 km away. Wani is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahagaon (under 2 km), Kumbha (1.7 km) and Mangali (2.2 km).

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

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