About Sakeri Village

Sakeri is a mid sized village in Pathariya tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 640, made up of 343 males and 297 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 166.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sakeri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakeri village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Pathariya
Pincode	495115
Area (hectares)	166.67 hectares
Population	640
Male Population	343
Female Population	297
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	866
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sakeri compares

By the 2011 count Sakeri is the 106th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents. Its 166.67 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Sakeri

Sakeri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sakeri as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Sakeri from other places

Sakeri lies about 40 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Belha, about 30 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 Sakeri
Tehsil headquarters	Pathariya	6.4 km
Nearest town	Mungeli	14 km
Nearest railway station	Belha	30 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	40 km

Villages closest to Sakeri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pathariya 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 Sakeri

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakeri village had a population of 640. That makes it the 106th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents.

Sakeri village has 343 males and 297 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakeri has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Sakeri is 495115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sakeri covers 166.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sakeri falls under Pathariya tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sakeri is Belha, about 30 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Sakeri.

Sakeri is about 40 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakeri is in Pathariya tehsil of Bilaspur district. Pathariya is about 6.4 km away. Mungeli is about 14 km away. Belha is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.