About Sakwa Village

Sakwa is a small village in Saipung tehsil, in the district of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 172, made up of 91 males and 81 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793200, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sakwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakwa village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	Jaintia Hills
Tehsil	Saipung
Pincode	793200
Population	172
Male Population	91
Female Population	81
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	890
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sakwa compares

By the 2011 count Sakwa is the 50th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 425 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Sakwa

Sakwa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sakwa as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Sakwa from other places

Sakwa lies about 20 km from Jaintia Hills, and the nearest railway station is Hilara, about 32 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 Sakwa
District headquarters	Jaintia Hills	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Saipung	25 km
Nearest railway station	Hilara	32 km
Nearest town	Jowai	37 km

Villages closest to Sakwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakwa village had a population of 172. That makes it the 50th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 425 residents.

Sakwa village has 91 males and 81 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakwa has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Sakwa is 793200. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sakwa falls under Saipung tehsil of Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Sakwa is Hilara, about 32 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sakwa.

Sakwa is about 20 km from Jaintia Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakwa is in Saipung tehsil of Jaintia Hills district. Jaintia Hills is about 20 km away. Saipung is about 25 km away. Hilara is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.