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About Pakriya Village

Pakriya is a mid sized village in Sohagpur tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 645, made up of 336 males and 309 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 251.8 hectares hectares.

Pakriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pakriya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shahdol
Tehsil Sohagpur
Area (hectares) 251.8 hectares
Population 645
Male Population 336
Female Population 309
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 920
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Pakriya compares

By the 2011 count Pakriya is the 175th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,056 residents. Its 251.8 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Pakriya

Pakriya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Pakriya as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Padariya, Padmaniya Kalan, Padmaniya Khurd and Padri. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Pakriya

As per the Census of India 2011, Pakriya village had a population of 645. That makes it the 175th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,056 residents.

Pakriya village has 336 males and 309 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pakriya has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Pakriya covers 251.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pakriya falls under Sohagpur tehsil of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Pakriya notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Pakriya.

Pakriya is in Sohagpur tehsil of Shahdol district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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