About Saketi Village

Saketi is a mid sized village in Takhatpur tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 923, made up of 466 males and 457 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 280.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494635, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saketi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saketi village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Takhatpur
Pincode	494635
Area (hectares)	280.48 hectares
Population	923
Male Population	466
Female Population	457
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	981
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Saketi compares

By the 2011 count Saketi is the 101st largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents. Its 280.48 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 976.

Getting to Saketi

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

Saketi lies about 20 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Belha, 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 Saketi
Nearest railway station	Belha	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Takhatpur	18 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	20 km
Nearest town	Bilāspur	20 km

Villages closest to Saketi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saketi village had a population of 923. That makes it the 101st largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents.

Saketi village has 466 males and 457 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saketi has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 976.

The pincode recorded for Saketi is 494635. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saketi covers 280.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saketi falls under Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Saketi is Belha, 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 Saketi.

Saketi is about 20 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saketi is in Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district. Belha is about 11 km away. Takhatpur is about 18 km away. Bilaspur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.