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About Saragaon Village

Saragaon is a mid sized village in Chhura tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,297, made up of 627 males and 670 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 330.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493996, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saragaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saragaon village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Chhura
Pincode 493996
Area (hectares) 330.9 hectares
Population 1,297
Male Population 627
Female Population 670
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,069
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Saragaon compares

By the 2011 count Saragaon is the 16th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 694 residents. Its 330.9 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1038.

Getting to Saragaon

Saragaon 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 Saragaon as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Saragaon from other places

Saragaon lies about 78 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Komakhan railway station, about 30 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 Saragaon
Tehsil headquarters Chhura 2.1 km
Nearest railway station Komakhan railway station 30 km
Nearest town Mahāsamund 36 km
District headquarters Raipur 78 km

Villages closest to Saragaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saragaon village had a population of 1,297. That makes it the 16th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 694 residents.

Saragaon village has 627 males and 670 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saragaon has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1038.

The pincode recorded for Saragaon is 493996. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Saragaon covers 330.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saragaon falls under Chhura tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Saragaon is Komakhan railway station, about 30 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 <5 km distance for Saragaon.

Saragaon is about 78 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saragaon is in Chhura tehsil of Raipur district. Chhura is about 2.1 km away. Komakhan railway station is about 30 km away. Mahāsamund is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hardi (under 2 km), Piparahi (1.6 km) and Dulla (1.7 km).

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

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