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- LGD code
- 558642
- Pincode
- 413201
- Post office
- Jamkhed
- Population
- 3,454
- Households
- 707
- Literacy rate
- 62%
- Sex ratio
- 901 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,163
- Distance to district centre
- 165 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 191 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 324 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 298 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barsi Town · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Sub Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sakat compares
By population, Sakat ranks #4 of 86 villages in Jamkhed mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.0%
+0.7% vs mandal average
- Sakat
- 62.0%
- Jamkhed mandal
- 61.3%
- Ahmednagar district
- 69.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
901
−10 vs mandal average
- Sakat
- 901
- Jamkhed mandal
- 911
Household size
people per home
4.9
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Sakat
- 4.9
- Jamkhed mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sakat at a glance
Sakat is a village of 3,454 people in 707 households (Census 2011) in Jamkhed taluka, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, the 4th-largest of 86 villages in Jamkhed taluka. Literacy is 62%, about the same as the taluka average of 61% and the sex ratio is 901 women per 1,000 men. It lies 165 km from the Ahmednagar district centre, 8 km from Vairag, the nearest town, 14 km from Barsi Town railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 413201, served by Jamkhed post office; the LGD village code is 558642. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Sub Hospital, 6 km away. The village votes in Jintur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bordikar Meghna Deepak Sakore. The population is estimated at 4,072 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sakat
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- AHMADNAGAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 93
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 93
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 2,240.39
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1,198.54
- Forest area (ha)
- 87.92
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sakat
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sakat
- LGD code
- 558642
- Pincode
- 413201
- Post office
- Jamkhed
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,454
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,072
- Households
- 707
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 901
- Literacy rate
- 62.0%
- Coordinates
- 18.13108°N, 75.78487°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Parbhani
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jintur
- Member of Parliament
- Sanjay Jadhav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bordikar Meghna Deepak Sakore
- Block / Mandal
- Jamkhed
Getting there
How to reach Sakat
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai324 kmcapital
- Hyderabad298 km
- Bengaluru606 km
- Chennai739 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBarsi Town14 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Sub Hospital6 km
- ATM / bankMAHARSHTRA BANK28 km
- Petrol pumpHP28 km
- CollegeGURUKUL25 km
- Police stationAnandnagar Police Station28 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)