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About Harethi Village

Harethi is a mid sized village in Sakti tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,198, made up of 608 males and 590 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 970 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494448, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harethi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harethi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Sakti
Pincode 494448
Area (hectares) 179.73 hectares
Population 1,198
Male Population 608
Female Population 590
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 970
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Harethi compares

By the 2011 count Harethi is the 44th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents. Its 179.73 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Harethi

Harethi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Harethi as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Harethi from other places

Harethi lies about 38 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Sakti, about 2.1 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 Harethi
Nearest railway station Sakti 2.1 km
Nearest town Saktī 2.5 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 38 km

Villages closest to Harethi

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

Common questions about Harethi

As per the Census of India 2011, Harethi village had a population of 1,198. That makes it the 44th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents.

Harethi village has 608 males and 590 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harethi has about 970 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Harethi is 494448. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harethi covers 179.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Harethi falls under Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Harethi is Sakti, about 2.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Harethi.

Harethi is about 38 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harethi is in Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Sakti is about 2.1 km away. Saktī is about 2.5 km away. Janjgir Champa is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanchanpur (1.7 km), Sipahimuda (2.0 km) and Poratha (2.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Harethi today is likely to be higher.

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