Šajkaš
# Šajkaš

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

## Name

In Serbian the village is known as Šajkaš (Шајкаш), in Croatian as Šajkaš, 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. This cost almost 900 lives. The German minority left the village in 1944.

## Demographics

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

