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About Sarakiya Village

Sarakiya is a large village in Goharganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,191, made up of 1,135 males and 1,056 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 646.36 hectares hectares.

Sarakiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarakiya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Goharganj
Area (hectares) 646.36 hectares
Population 2,191
Male Population 1,135
Female Population 1,056
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 930
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sarakiya compares

By the 2011 count Sarakiya is the 11th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 719 residents. Its 646.36 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 911.

Getting to Sarakiya

Sarakiya is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Sarakiya as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sarakiya from other places

Sarakiya lies about 38 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Itayakalan, about under 2 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 Sarakiya
Nearest railway station Itayakalan under 2 km
Nearest town Mandideep 2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Goharganj 14 km
District headquarters Raisen 38 km

Villages closest to Sarakiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarakiya village had a population of 2,191. That makes it the 11th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 719 residents.

Sarakiya village has 1,135 males and 1,056 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarakiya has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 911.

Sarakiya covers 646.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sarakiya falls under Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sarakiya is Itayakalan, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Sarakiya.

Sarakiya is about 38 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarakiya is in Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district. Itayakalan is about under 2 km away. Mandideep is about 2.6 km away. Goharganj is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Simrai (under 2 km), Sirari (under 2 km) and Itaya Kalan (1.7 km).

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

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