About Sakatia Village

Sakatia is a small village in Dhuraiya tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 163, made up of 81 males and 82 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52 hectares hectares.

Sakatia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakatia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Dhuraiya
Area (hectares)	52 hectares
Population	163
Male Population	81
Female Population	82
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,012
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sakatia compares

By the 2011 count Sakatia is the 146th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 52 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Sakatia

Sakatia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sakatia as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sakatia from other places

Sakatia lies about 12 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Punsia, about under 2 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Sakatia
Nearest railway station	Punsia	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhuraiya	12 km
District headquarters	Banka	12 km
Nearest town	Bānka	12 km

Villages closest to Sakatia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhuraiya tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Sakatia

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakatia village had a population of 163. That makes it the 146th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Sakatia village has 81 males and 82 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakatia has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 912.

Sakatia covers 52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sakatia falls under Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sakatia is Punsia, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sakatia.

Sakatia is about 12 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakatia is in Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district. Punsia is about under 2 km away. Dhuraiya is about 12 km away. Banka is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.