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About Saktu Village

Saktu is a small village in Mahroni tehsil, in the district of Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 460, made up of 248 males and 212 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 238.09 hectares hectares.

Saktu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saktu village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Lalitpur
Tehsil Mahroni
Area (hectares) 238.09 hectares
Population 460
Male Population 248
Female Population 212
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 855
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 Saktu compares

By the 2011 count Saktu is the 220th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,473 residents. Its 238.09 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Saktu

Saktu is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Saktu 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 Saktu from other places

Saktu lies about 38 km from Lalitpur, and the nearest railway station is Udaipura, about 36 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 Saktu
Tehsil headquarters Mahroni 14 km
Nearest town Tīkamgarh 34 km
Nearest railway station Udaipura 36 km
District headquarters Lalitpur 38 km

Villages closest to Saktu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saktu village had a population of 460. That makes it the 220th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,473 residents.

Saktu village has 248 males and 212 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saktu has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Saktu covers 238.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Saktu falls under Mahroni tehsil of Lalitpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Saktu is Udaipura, about 36 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 Saktu.

Saktu is about 38 km from Lalitpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saktu is in Mahroni tehsil of Lalitpur district. Mahroni is about 14 km away. Tīkamgarh is about 34 km away. Udaipura is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barchon (1.9 km), Gadanpur (2.8 km) and Budhi (2.8 km).

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

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