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About Sakarja Village

Sakarja is a small village in Katkamsandi tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 363, made up of 177 males and 186 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 331 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sakarja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakarja village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Katkamsandi
Pincode 825334
Area (hectares) 331 hectares
Population 363
Male Population 177
Female Population 186
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,051
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 Sakarja compares

By the 2011 count Sakarja is the 57th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,224 residents. Its 331 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Sakarja

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

Sakarja lies about 18 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Katkamsandi, about 4.7 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 Sakarja
Nearest railway station Katkamsandi 4.7 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 18 km
Nearest town Hazāribāgh 18 km

Villages closest to Sakarja

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakarja village had a population of 363. That makes it the 57th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,224 residents.

Sakarja village has 177 males and 186 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakarja has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Sakarja is 825334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sakarja covers 331 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sakarja falls under Katkamsandi tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sakarja is Katkamsandi, about 4.7 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 Sakarja.

Sakarja is about 18 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakarja is in Katkamsandi tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Katkamsandi is about 4.7 km away. Hazaribagh is about 18 km away. Hazāribāgh is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nachle (under 2 km), Bajha (2.9 km) and Uridiri (2.9 km).

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

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