By population, Shikara ranks #19 of 135 villages in Mukhed mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shikara is a village of 2,868 people in 615 households (Census 2011) in Mukhed taluka, Nanded district, Maharashtra, the 19th-largest of 135 villages in Mukhed taluka. Literacy is 61%, 1 points below the taluka average of 62% and the sex ratio is 972 women per 1,000 men. It lies 82 km from the Nanded district centre, 28 km from Naigaon, the nearest town, 39 km from Udgir railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 431715, served by Mukhed post office; the LGD village code is 545461. The nearest hospital or health centre is SDH Mukhed, 5 km away. The village votes in Loha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prataprao Patil Chikhalikar. The population is estimated at 3,381 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Shikara →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shikara · this village | 2,868 | 61% | — |
| Junna · Mukhed | 2,936 | 52% | 1.5 km SE |
| Akharga · Mukhed | 2,040 | 57% | 4.9 km SE |
| Rathodwadi · Mukhed | 539 | 60% | 5.2 km SE |
| Gadgyalwadi · Mukhed | 1,353 | 67% | 5.2 km E |
| Bhavani Tanda · Mukhed | 838 | 47% | 6.3 km S |
| Kundral · Mukhed | 1,387 | 60% | 6.4 km S |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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