About Putekela Village

Putekela is a mid sized village in Sakti tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 992, made up of 490 males and 502 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 226.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491995, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Putekela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Putekela village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Sakti
Pincode	491995
Area (hectares)	226.86 hectares
Population	992
Male Population	490
Female Population	502
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,024
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Putekela compares

By the 2011 count Putekela is the 57th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents. Its 226.86 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Putekela

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

Putekela lies about 31 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Jetha, about 6.7 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 Putekela
Nearest railway station	Jetha	6.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sakti	12 km
Nearest town	Saktī	12 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	31 km

Villages closest to Putekela

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.

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Common questions about Putekela

As per the Census of India 2011, Putekela village had a population of 992. That makes it the 57th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents.

Putekela village has 490 males and 502 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Putekela has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Putekela is 491995. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Putekela covers 226.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Putekela is Jetha, about 6.7 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 village for Putekela.

Putekela is about 31 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Putekela is in Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Jetha is about 6.7 km away. Sakti is about 12 km away. Saktī is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.