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About Sakraura Village

Sakraura is one of the larger villages in Colonelganj tehsil, in the district of Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,138, made up of 3,239 males and 2,899 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1094.78 hectares hectares.

Sakraura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakraura village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gonda
Tehsil Colonelganj
Area (hectares) 1094.78 hectares
Population 6,138
Male Population 3,239
Female Population 2,899
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sakraura compares

By the 2011 count Sakraura is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,125 residents. Its 1094.78 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Sakraura

Sakraura 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 Sakraura as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Sakraura from other places

Sakraura lies about 26 km from Gonda, and the nearest railway station is Colonelganj, 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 Sakraura
Nearest railway station Colonelganj under 2 km
District headquarters Gonda 26 km

Villages closest to Sakraura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakraura village had a population of 6,138. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,125 residents.

Sakraura village has 3,239 males and 2,899 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakraura has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Sakraura covers 1094.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sakraura falls under Colonelganj tehsil of Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sakraura is Colonelganj, 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 and private bus service as Available for Sakraura.

Sakraura is about 26 km from Gonda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakraura is in Colonelganj tehsil of Gonda district. Colonelganj is about under 2 km away. Gonda is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sakraur (under 2 km), Colonel Ganj (under 2 km) and Baranv (under 2 km).

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

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