About Sakeri Village

Sakeri is a mid sized village in Takhatpur tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,026, made up of 533 males and 493 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 217.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495334, 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	Takhatpur
Pincode	495334
Area (hectares)	217.67 hectares
Population	1,026
Male Population	533
Female Population	493
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sakeri compares

By the 2011 count Sakeri is the 89th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents. Its 217.67 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 976.

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 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 Sakeri from other places

Sakeri lies about 44 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 26 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	Takhatpur	17 km
Nearest town	Mungeli	23 km
Nearest railway station	Kargi Road	26 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	44 km

Villages closest to Sakeri

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 Sakeri

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakeri village had a population of 1,026. That makes it the 89th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents.

Sakeri village has 533 males and 493 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakeri has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 976.

The pincode recorded for Sakeri is 495334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sakeri covers 217.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sakeri falls under Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sakeri is Kargi Road, about 26 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 5 - 10 km distance for Sakeri.

Sakeri is about 44 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 Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district. Takhatpur is about 17 km away. Mungeli is about 23 km away. Kargi Road is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.