# Sakara Village, Digras, Yavatmal (Maharashtra) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Digras, Yavatmal 

# Sakara

Sakara is a village in Digras sub-district of Yavatmal district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **3,445 people in 713 households**, the 7th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.3%.

- 3,445people (2011)
- 713households
- 74.3%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Sakara PIN code and other codes

Sakara falls in Digras sub-district, Yavatmal district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockDigras
- Census village code542654

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Sakara from nearby towns?

- Digras (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Yavatmal (district HQ)60 km by road
- Digras (nearest town)16 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Sakara?

19 services counted by the Census are inside Sakara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 5 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Digras
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Yavatmal
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 20 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Sakara known for?

About 75% of the 694 hectares of village land is sown, and 489 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Sakara

Of every 100 households in Sakara in 2011, 58 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sakara · ■ Digras rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**60%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**72%

Tap water ****33%**

**39%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**94%

Use banking services ****56%**

**50%

Television ****35%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****45%**

**52%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Sakara?

■ Sakara · ■ Digras rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.3%**

**78.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****775**

**920

Working population ****54.2%**

**50.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.6% for men and 63.2% for women. 56% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 695 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 995 (53%) · **■** Household industry 6 (0%) · **■** Other work 106 (6%) · **■** Marginal 65 (3%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Digras

- Tupta Kali4,211 people
- Arambhi3,886 people
- Warandali3,756 people
- Vithala3,569 people
- Harsul3,164 people
- Singad3,162 people
- Mokh3,107 people
- Lakh Rayachi2,984 people

[All 80 villages in Digras](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/yavatmal/digras/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sakara from Yavatmal?60 km by road
- What is the population of Sakara?3,445 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sakara in?Yavatmal district (Digras sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Sakara?74.3% (Census 2011)
