About Sakola Village

Sakola is a mid sized village in Pendra tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,757, made up of 871 males and 886 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 407.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sakola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakola village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Pendra
Pincode	495119
Area (hectares)	407.61 hectares
Population	1,757
Male Population	871
Female Population	886
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sakola compares

By the 2011 count Sakola is the 14th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,399 residents. Its 407.61 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Sakola

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

Sakola lies about 82 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Pendra Road, about 19 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 Sakola
Tehsil headquarters	Pendra	13 km
Nearest town	Pasān	13 km
Nearest railway station	Pendra Road	19 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	82 km

Villages closest to Sakola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakola village had a population of 1,757. That makes it the 14th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,399 residents.

Sakola village has 871 males and 886 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakola has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Sakola is 495119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sakola covers 407.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sakola falls under Pendra tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sakola is Pendra Road, about 19 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 Sakola.

Sakola is about 82 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakola is in Pendra tehsil of Bilaspur district. Pendra is about 13 km away. Pasān is about 13 km away. Pendra Road is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.