About Sarakana Village

Sarakana is a large village in Ghuwara tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,407, made up of 1,268 males and 1,139 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 996.3 hectares hectares.

Sarakana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarakana village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Ghuwara
Area (hectares)	996.3 hectares
Population	2,407
Male Population	1,268
Female Population	1,139
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sarakana compares

By the 2011 count Sarakana is the 10th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents. Its 996.3 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 871.

Getting to Sarakana

Sarakana is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sarakana as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Sarakana from other places

Sarakana lies about 58 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Sarkanpur, about 25 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 Sarakana
Tehsil headquarters	Ghuwara	12 km
Nearest railway station	Sarkanpur	25 km
Nearest town	Tīkamgarh	33 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	58 km

Villages closest to Sarakana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarakana village had a population of 2,407. That makes it the 10th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents.

Sarakana village has 1,268 males and 1,139 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarakana has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 871.

Sarakana covers 996.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sarakana falls under Ghuwara tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sarakana is Sarkanpur, about 25 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 5 - 10 km distance for Sarakana.

Sarakana is about 58 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarakana is in Ghuwara tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Ghuwara is about 12 km away. Sarkanpur is about 25 km away. Tīkamgarh is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.