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About Poratha Village

Poratha is a large village in Sakti tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,379, made up of 2,174 males and 2,205 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 842.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494444, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Poratha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Poratha village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Sakti
Pincode 494444
Area (hectares) 842.44 hectares
Population 4,379
Male Population 2,174
Female Population 2,205
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Poratha compares

By the 2011 count Poratha is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents. Its 842.44 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Poratha

Poratha 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 Poratha 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 Poratha from other places

Poratha 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 Poratha
Nearest railway station Sakti 2.1 km
Nearest town Saktī 3.6 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 38 km

Villages closest to Poratha

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 Poratha

As per the Census of India 2011, Poratha village had a population of 4,379. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents.

Poratha village has 2,174 males and 2,205 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Poratha has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Poratha is 494444. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Poratha covers 842.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Poratha 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 Poratha.

Poratha 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.

Poratha is in Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Sakti is about 2.1 km away. Saktī is about 3.6 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 Singhansara (under 2 km), Sipahimuda (under 2 km) and Harethi (2.0 km).

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

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