Šajkaš

For the Danube river guards, see Šajkaši.

Šajkaš (Serbian Cyrillic: Шајкаш; Hungarian: Sajkásszentiván) is a village located in the Titel municipality, South Bačka District, Vojvodina, Serbia. As of the 2011 census, it has a population of 4,374 inhabitants.

Šajkaš Шајкаш (Serbian)
Village (Selo)
Main street and the Orthodox Church
Šajkaš Šajkaš Šajkaš
Coordinates: 45°16′N 20°05′E
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	South Bačka District
Municipality	Titel
Area
• Total	38.9 km2 (15.0 sq mi)
Elevation	78 m (256 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	4,374
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Map of the Titel municipality and Šajkaška region, showing the location of Šajkaš

Name

In Serbo-Croatian the village is known as Šajkaš (Шајкаш), in Hungarian as Sajkásszentiván, and in German as Schatzdorf or Schajkasch-Sentiwan.

History

The Šajkaška district was the scene of a notorious massacre during the occupation of Bačka by the Hungarian army in January 1942, which cost almost 900 lives. The German minority left the village in 1944.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1961	2,825	—
1971	2,987	+0.56%
1981	3,541	+1.72%
1991	3,828	+0.78%
2002	4,848	+2.17%
2011	4,374	−1.14%

As of the 2011 census, the village of Šajkaš has a population of 4,374 inhabitants.

See also

• List of places in Serbia
• List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

References

• Slobodan Ćurčić: Broj stanovnika Vojvodine (Novi Sad, 1996).