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About Saketi Village

Saketi is a mid sized village in Chitrangi tehsil, in the district of Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 729, made up of 368 males and 361 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 408.76 hectares hectares.

Saketi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saketi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Singrauli
Tehsil Chitrangi
Area (hectares) 408.76 hectares
Population 729
Male Population 368
Female Population 361
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 981
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Saketi compares

By the 2011 count Saketi is the 158th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents. Its 408.76 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Saketi

Saketi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Saketi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Saketi from other places

Saketi lies about 25 km from Singrauli, and the nearest railway station is Karaila Road Junction, about 17 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 Saketi
Nearest railway station Karaila Road Junction 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Chitrangi 17 km
District headquarters Singrauli 25 km

Villages closest to Saketi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saketi village had a population of 729. That makes it the 158th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents.

Saketi village has 368 males and 361 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saketi has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 939.

Saketi covers 408.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Saketi falls under Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Saketi is Karaila Road Junction, about 17 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 village for Saketi.

Saketi is about 25 km from Singrauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saketi is in Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district. Karaila Road Junction is about 17 km away. Chitrangi is about 17 km away. Singrauli is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Butwa (2.8 km), Badgada (3.4 km) and Harkati (4.1 km).

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

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