About Sarai Village

Sarai is a small village in Bodla tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 242, made up of 115 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,104 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491995, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarai village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Kabeerdham
Tehsil	Bodla
Pincode	491995
Area (hectares)	232.44 hectares
Population	242
Male Population	115
Female Population	127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,104
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sarai compares

By the 2011 count Sarai is the 209th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 585 residents. Its 232.44 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Sarai

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

Sarai lies about 16 km from Kabeerdham, and the nearest railway station is Salkaroad, about 73 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 Sarai
Tehsil headquarters	Bodla	11 km
District headquarters	Kabeerdham	16 km
Nearest town	Kawardha	24 km
Nearest railway station	Salkaroad	73 km

Villages closest to Sarai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bodla 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 Sarai

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarai village had a population of 242. That makes it the 209th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 585 residents.

Sarai village has 115 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarai has about 1104 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

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

Sarai covers 232.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sarai falls under Bodla tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sarai is Salkaroad, about 73 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 Sarai.

Sarai is about 16 km from Kabeerdham in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarai is in Bodla tehsil of Kabeerdham district. Bodla is about 11 km away. Kabeerdham is about 16 km away. Kawardha is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.