About Sakri Village

Sakri is a mid sized village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 895, made up of 416 males and 479 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,151 females per 1000 males. The village covers 360.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176027, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sakri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakri village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	176027
Area (hectares)	360.08 hectares
Population	895
Male Population	416
Female Population	479
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,151
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sakri compares

By the 2011 count Sakri is the 28th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 360.08 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Sakri

Sakri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sakri as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sakri from other places

Sakri lies about 24 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 17 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 Sakri
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	7.2 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	17 km
District headquarters	Kangra	24 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	38 km

Villages closest to Sakri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur 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 Sakri

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakri village had a population of 895. That makes it the 28th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Sakri village has 416 males and 479 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakri has about 1151 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Sakri is 176027. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sakri covers 360.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sakri falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sakri is Jawalamukhi Road, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Sakri.

Sakri is about 24 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakri is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 7.2 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 17 km away. Kangra is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.