About Sakri Village

Sakri is a mid sized village in Kurud tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,622, made up of 793 males and 829 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 516.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 492015, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sakri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakri village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Tehsil	Kurud
Pincode	492015
Area (hectares)	516.39 hectares
Population	1,622
Male Population	793
Female Population	829
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,045
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sakri compares

By the 2011 count Sakri is the 47th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,539 residents. Its 516.39 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Sakri

Sakri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sakri 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sakri from other places

Sakri lies about 39 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Abhanpur Junction, about 7.4 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 Sakri
Nearest railway station	Abhanpur Junction	7.4 km
Nearest town	Nawāpāra	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kurud	24 km
District headquarters	Dhamtari	39 km

Villages closest to Sakri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakri village had a population of 1,622. That makes it the 47th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,539 residents.

Sakri village has 793 males and 829 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakri has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Sakri is 492015. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sakri covers 516.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sakri falls under Kurud tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sakri is Abhanpur Junction, about 7.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sakri.

Sakri is about 39 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakri is in Kurud tehsil of Dhamtari district. Abhanpur Junction is about 7.4 km away. Nawāpāra is about 20 km away. Kurud is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.