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About Sarhar Village

Sarhar is a large village in Sakti tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,145, made up of 1,557 males and 1,588 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 772.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sarhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarhar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Sakti
Pincode 494226
Area (hectares) 772.96 hectares
Population 3,145
Male Population 1,557
Female Population 1,588
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,020
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sarhar compares

By the 2011 count Sarhar 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 772.96 hectares work out to about 4.1 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 Sarhar

Sarhar 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 Sarhar 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 Sarhar from other places

Sarhar lies about 23 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Baradwar, about 2.5 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 Sarhar
Nearest railway station Baradwar 2.5 km
Nearest town Chāmpa 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Sakti 18 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 23 km

Villages closest to Sarhar

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 Sarhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarhar village had a population of 3,145. 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.

Sarhar village has 1,557 males and 1,588 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarhar has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Sarhar is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sarhar covers 772.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sarhar is Baradwar, about 2.5 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 Sarhar.

Sarhar is about 23 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarhar is in Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Baradwar is about 2.5 km away. Chāmpa is about 15 km away. Sakti is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Durpa (under 2 km), Paladi Kalan (3.4 km) and Lahanga (4.0 km).

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

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