About Sarkhor Village

Sarkhor is a mid sized village in Pendra tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 897, made up of 443 males and 454 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 485.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sarkhor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarkhor village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Pendra
Pincode	495119
Area (hectares)	485.23 hectares
Population	897
Male Population	443
Female Population	454
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sarkhor compares

By the 2011 count Sarkhor is the 37th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,399 residents. Its 485.23 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Sarkhor

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

Sarkhor lies about 75 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Sarbahara, about 11 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 Sarkhor
Tehsil headquarters	Pendra	6.9 km
Nearest railway station	Sarbahara	11 km
Nearest town	Pasān	22 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	75 km

Villages closest to Sarkhor

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 Sarkhor

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarkhor village had a population of 897. That makes it the 37th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,399 residents.

Sarkhor village has 443 males and 454 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarkhor has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1010.

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

Sarkhor covers 485.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sarkhor falls under Pendra tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sarkhor is Sarbahara, about 11 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 Sarkhor.

Sarkhor is about 75 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarkhor is in Pendra tehsil of Bilaspur district. Pendra is about 6.9 km away. Sarbahara is about 11 km away. Pasān is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.