About Sakrej Village

Sakrej is a mid sized village in Barkatha tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 603, made up of 312 males and 291 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 197 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825323, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sakrej Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakrej village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Barkatha
Pincode	825323
Area (hectares)	197 hectares
Population	603
Male Population	312
Female Population	291
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
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 Sakrej compares

By the 2011 count Sakrej is the 47th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents. Its 197 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Sakrej

Sakrej is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sakrej 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 Sakrej from other places

Sakrej lies about 30 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Barhi, about 16 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 Sakrej
Nearest railway station	Barhi	16 km
Nearest town	Jhumri Telaiya	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barkatha	30 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	30 km

Villages closest to Sakrej

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakrej village had a population of 603. That makes it the 47th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents.

Sakrej village has 312 males and 291 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakrej has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Sakrej is 825323. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sakrej covers 197 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sakrej falls under Barkatha tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sakrej is Barhi, about 16 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 Sakrej.

Sakrej is about 30 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakrej is in Barkatha tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Barhi is about 16 km away. Jhumri Telaiya is about 25 km away. Barkatha is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.