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- LGD code
- 564420
- Pincode
- 415103
- Post office
- Kole (Satara)
- Population
- 892
- Households
- 209
- Literacy rate
- 79.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1046 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 343
Census 2011 · in context
How Saikade compares
By population, Saikade ranks #107 of 313 villages in Patan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
79.1%
+10.5% vs mandal average
Saikade79.1%
Patan mandal68.6%
Satara district74.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,046
−20 vs mandal average
Saikade1,046
Patan mandal1,066
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.1 vs mandal average
Saikade4.3
Patan mandal4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Saikade at a glance
Saikade is a village of 892 people in 209 households (Census 2011) in Patan taluka, Satara district, Maharashtra, the 107th-largest of 313 villages in Patan taluka. Literacy is 79%, 11 points above the taluka average of 69% and the sex ratio is 1,046 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 415103, served by Kole (Satara) post office; the LGD village code is 564420. The sarpanch is suvarna udaysing more, and the village votes in Shrigonda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pachpute Vikram Babanrao. The population is estimated at 1,052 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Saikade
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Karad
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 77
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 297
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 226
- Forest area (ha)
- 37
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Saikade
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Saikade
- LGD code
- 564420
- Pincode
- 415103
- Post office
- Kole (Satara)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 892
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,052
- Households
- 209
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1046
- Literacy rate
- 79.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ahmednagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Shrigonda
- Member of Parliament
- Nilesh Lanke
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pachpute Vikram Babanrao
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- suvarna udaysing more
- Block / Mandal
- Patan
- Nearest railway station
- Malthan (15.2 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 415103
Other villages in Patan mandal
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)