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About Sakreli Kalan Village

Sakreli Kalan is a mid sized village in Sakti tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,812, made up of 891 males and 921 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 326.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495689, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sakreli Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakreli Kalan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Sakti
Pincode 495689
Area (hectares) 326.31 hectares
Population 1,812
Male Population 891
Female Population 921
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,034
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sakreli Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Sakreli Kalan is the 21st largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents. Its 326.31 hectares work out to about 5.6 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 Sakreli Kalan

Sakreli Kalan 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 Sakreli Kalan as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Sakreli Kalan from other places

Sakreli Kalan lies about 40 km from Janjgir Champa. 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 Sakreli Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Sakti 3.1 km
Nearest town Saktī 3.1 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 40 km

Villages closest to Sakreli Kalan

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 Sakreli Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakreli Kalan village had a population of 1,812. That makes it the 21st largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents.

Sakreli Kalan village has 891 males and 921 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakreli Kalan has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Sakreli Kalan is 495689. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sakreli Kalan covers 326.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sakreli Kalan falls under Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Sakreli Kalan notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Sakreli Kalan.

Sakreli Kalan is about 40 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakreli Kalan is in Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Sakti is about 3.1 km away. Saktī is about 3.1 km away. Janjgir Champa is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sarwani (under 2 km), Borada (under 2 km) and Tendutoha (under 2 km).

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

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