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About Sakhan Kalan Village

Sakhan Kalan is a large village in Deoband tehsil, in the district of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,801, made up of 2,011 males and 1,790 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 404.03 hectares hectares.

Sakhan Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakhan Kalan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Saharanpur
Tehsil Deoband
Area (hectares) 404.03 hectares
Population 3,801
Male Population 2,011
Female Population 1,790
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sakhan Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Sakhan Kalan is the 34th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,317 residents. Its 404.03 hectares work out to about 9.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Sakhan Kalan

Sakhan Kalan 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 Sakhan Kalan as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Sakhan Kalan from other places

Sakhan Kalan lies about 27 km from Saharanpur, and the nearest railway station is Talheri Buzurg, about 3.1 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 Sakhan Kalan
Nearest railway station Talheri Buzurg 3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Deoband 5.7 km
District headquarters Saharanpur 27 km

Villages closest to Sakhan Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Deoband 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 Sakhan Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakhan Kalan village had a population of 3,801. That makes it the 34th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,317 residents.

Sakhan Kalan village has 2,011 males and 1,790 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakhan Kalan has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 880.

Sakhan Kalan covers 404.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sakhan Kalan falls under Deoband tehsil of Saharanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sakhan Kalan is Talheri Buzurg, about 3.1 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Sakhan Kalan.

Sakhan Kalan is about 27 km from Saharanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakhan Kalan is in Deoband tehsil of Saharanpur district. Talheri Buzurg is about 3.1 km away. Deoband is about 5.7 km away. Saharanpur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jalalpur Urf Majri (under 2 km), Sakhan Khurd (under 2 km) and Nanhera Aasa (1.8 km).

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

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