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About Sakreli Village

Sakreli is one of the larger villages in Sakti tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,456, made up of 2,742 males and 2,714 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 997.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495689, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sakreli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakreli village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Sakti
Pincode 495689
Area (hectares) 997.7 hectares
Population 5,456
Male Population 2,742
Female Population 2,714
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 990
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sakreli compares

By the 2011 count Sakreli is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents. Its 997.7 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 a little below the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Sakreli

Sakreli 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 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 Sakreli from other places

Sakreli lies about 29 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Jetha, about 2.8 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 Sakreli
Nearest railway station Jetha 2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Sakti 12 km
Nearest town Saktī 12 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 29 km

Villages closest to Sakreli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakreli village had a population of 5,456. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents.

Sakreli village has 2,742 males and 2,714 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakreli has about 990 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 Sakreli is 495689. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sakreli covers 997.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sakreli is Jetha, about 2.8 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 Sakreli.

Sakreli is about 29 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 is in Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Jetha is about 2.8 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.

The closest recorded villages are Charpara (1.8 km), Bhursidih (2.4 km) and Deragarh (2.6 km).

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

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