About Sarkanya Village

Sarkanya is a mid sized village in Antah tehsil, in the district of Baran, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,323, made up of 687 males and 636 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 489.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 325209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sarkanya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarkanya village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Baran
Tehsil	Antah
Pincode	325209
Area (hectares)	489.4 hectares
Population	1,323
Male Population	687
Female Population	636
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sarkanya compares

By the 2011 count Sarkanya is the 18th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,110 residents. Its 489.4 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Sarkanya

Sarkanya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sarkanya 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 Sarkanya from other places

Sarkanya lies about 19 km from Baran, and the nearest railway station is Bijora, about 11 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 Sarkanya
Nearest railway station	Bijora	11 km
Nearest town	Māngrol	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Antah	15 km
District headquarters	Baran	19 km

Villages closest to Sarkanya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarkanya village had a population of 1,323. That makes it the 18th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,110 residents.

Sarkanya village has 687 males and 636 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarkanya has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Sarkanya is 325209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sarkanya covers 489.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sarkanya falls under Antah tehsil of Baran district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Sarkanya is Bijora, about 11 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 Sarkanya.

Sarkanya is about 19 km from Baran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarkanya is in Antah tehsil of Baran district. Bijora is about 11 km away. Māngrol is about 14 km away. Antah is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.