About Sakarra Village

Sakarra is a large village in Malkharoda tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,089, made up of 1,575 males and 1,514 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 575.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sakarra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakarra village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Malkharoda
Pincode	493222
Area (hectares)	575.97 hectares
Population	3,089
Male Population	1,575
Female Population	1,514
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	961
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sakarra compares

By the 2011 count Sakarra is the 8th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,304 residents. Its 575.97 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Sakarra

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

Sakarra lies about 12 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Champa Junction, about 14 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 Sakarra
Tehsil headquarters	Malkharoda	12 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	12 km
Nearest railway station	Champa Junction	14 km
Nearest town	Chāmpa	14 km

Villages closest to Sakarra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakarra village had a population of 3,089. That makes it the 8th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,304 residents.

Sakarra village has 1,575 males and 1,514 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakarra has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Sakarra is 493222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sakarra covers 575.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sakarra falls under Malkharoda tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sakarra is Champa Junction, about 14 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 village for Sakarra.

Sakarra is about 12 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakarra is in Malkharoda tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Malkharoda is about 12 km away. Janjgir Champa is about 12 km away. Champa Junction is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.