About Sakra Village

Sakra is a mid sized village in Chainpur tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 516, made up of 261 males and 255 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 362.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sakra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Chainpur
Pincode	835206
Area (hectares)	362.02 hectares
Population	516
Male Population	261
Female Population	255
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	977
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sakra compares

By the 2011 count Sakra is the 39th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 682 residents. Its 362.02 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Sakra

Sakra is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sakra as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Sakra from other places

Sakra lies about 152 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Garwa, about 5.9 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 Sakra
Nearest railway station	Garwa	5.9 km
Nearest town	Garhwa	7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chainpur	35 km
District headquarters	Gumla	152 km

Villages closest to Sakra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakra village had a population of 516. That makes it the 39th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 682 residents.

Sakra village has 261 males and 255 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakra has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Sakra is 835206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sakra covers 362.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sakra falls under Chainpur tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sakra is Garwa, about 5.9 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sakra.

Sakra is about 152 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakra is in Chainpur tehsil of Gumla district. Garwa is about 5.9 km away. Garhwa is about 7.4 km away. Chainpur is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.