About Sarekha Village

Sarekha is a mid sized village in Bodla tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 764, made up of 374 males and 390 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 257.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491995, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sarekha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarekha village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Kabeerdham
Tehsil	Bodla
Pincode	491995
Area (hectares)	257.34 hectares
Population	764
Male Population	374
Female Population	390
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,043
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sarekha compares

By the 2011 count Sarekha is the 82nd largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 585 residents. Its 257.34 hectares work out to about 3.0 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 Sarekha

Sarekha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sarekha as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Sarekha from other places

Sarekha lies about 9.8 km from Kabeerdham, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 83 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 Sarekha
Nearest town	Kawardha	7.0 km
District headquarters	Kabeerdham	9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bodla	15 km
Nearest railway station	Hathbandh	83 km

Villages closest to Sarekha

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 Sarekha

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarekha village had a population of 764. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 585 residents.

Sarekha village has 374 males and 390 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarekha has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1006.

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

Sarekha covers 257.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sarekha falls under Bodla tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sarekha is Hathbandh, about 83 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 5 - 10 km distance for Sarekha.

Sarekha is about 9.8 km from Kabeerdham in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarekha is in Bodla tehsil of Kabeerdham district. Kawardha is about 7.0 km away. Kabeerdham is about 9.8 km away. Bodla is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.