About Sakarpur Village

Sakarpur is a mid sized village in Lapung tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,076, made up of 521 males and 555 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,065 females per 1000 males. The village covers 492.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sakarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakarpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Lapung
Pincode	835202
Area (hectares)	492.53 hectares
Population	1,076
Male Population	521
Female Population	555
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,065
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sakarpur compares

By the 2011 count Sakarpur is the 18th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 808 residents. Its 492.53 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1016.

Getting to Sakarpur

Sakarpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sakarpur as Available within 5 - 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 Sakarpur from other places

Sakarpur lies about 34 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Karra, about 15 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 Sakarpur
Tehsil headquarters	Lapung	14 km
Nearest railway station	Karra	15 km
Nearest town	Khunti	31 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	34 km

Villages closest to Sakarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakarpur village had a population of 1,076. That makes it the 18th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 808 residents.

Sakarpur village has 521 males and 555 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakarpur has about 1065 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Sakarpur is 835202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sakarpur covers 492.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sakarpur falls under Lapung tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sakarpur is Karra, about 15 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sakarpur.

Sakarpur is about 34 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakarpur is in Lapung tehsil of Ranchi district. Lapung is about 14 km away. Karra is about 15 km away. Khunti is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.