About Sakartunga Village

Sakartunga is a mid sized village in Baramkela tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 848, made up of 416 males and 432 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 268.962 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sakartunga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakartunga village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Baramkela
Pincode	496551
Area (hectares)	268.962 hectares
Population	848
Male Population	416
Female Population	432
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,038
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sakartunga compares

By the 2011 count Sakartunga is the 46th largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 628 residents. Its 268.962 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Sakartunga

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

Sakartunga lies about 48 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Bargarh Road, about 42 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 Sakartunga
Tehsil headquarters	Baramkela	9.6 km
Nearest town	Saraipali	33 km
Nearest railway station	Bargarh Road	42 km
District headquarters	Raigarh	48 km

Villages closest to Sakartunga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakartunga village had a population of 848. That makes it the 46th largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 628 residents.

Sakartunga village has 416 males and 432 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakartunga has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Sakartunga is 496551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sakartunga covers 268.962 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sakartunga falls under Baramkela tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sakartunga is Bargarh Road, about 42 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 Sakartunga.

Sakartunga is about 48 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakartunga is in Baramkela tehsil of Raigarh district. Baramkela is about 9.6 km away. Saraipali is about 33 km away. Bargarh Road is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.