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About Sakhan Khurd Village

Sakhan Khurd is a large village in Deoband tehsil, in the district of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,564, made up of 1,351 males and 1,213 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 404.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 247554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sakhan Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakhan Khurd village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Saharanpur
Tehsil Deoband
Pincode 247554
Area (hectares) 404.05 hectares
Population 2,564
Male Population 1,351
Female Population 1,213
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 898
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sakhan Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Sakhan Khurd is the 58th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,317 residents. Its 404.05 hectares work out to about 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Sakhan Khurd

Sakhan Khurd 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 Khurd as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Khurd from other places

Sakhan Khurd lies about 28 km from Saharanpur, and the nearest railway station is Talheri Buzurg, about 4.0 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 Khurd
Nearest railway station Talheri Buzurg 4.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Deoband 4.7 km
District headquarters Saharanpur 28 km

Villages closest to Sakhan Khurd

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 Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakhan Khurd village had a population of 2,564. That makes it the 58th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,317 residents.

Sakhan Khurd village has 1,351 males and 1,213 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakhan Khurd has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Sakhan Khurd is 247554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sakhan Khurd covers 404.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Sakhan Khurd is Talheri Buzurg, about 4.0 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sakhan Khurd.

Sakhan Khurd is about 28 km from Saharanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakhan Khurd is in Deoband tehsil of Saharanpur district. Talheri Buzurg is about 4.0 km away. Deoband is about 4.7 km away. Saharanpur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sakhan Kalan (under 2 km), Kharanja Ahmadpur (1.7 km) and Megh Rajpur (1.7 km).

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

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