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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Soorak Kavrwti
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- LGD code
- 496379
- Pincode
- 480996
- Post office
- Ugli
- Population
- 1,118
- Households
- 222
- Literacy rate
- 58.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1040 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 497
- Distance to district centre
- 68 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 39 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 244 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 651 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bheraghat · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Apex Hospital And Research Centre - Jabalpur · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Sakri compares
By population, Sakri ranks #16 of 114 villages in Dhanora mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.4%
+0.5% vs mandal average
- Sakri
- 58.4%
- Dhanora mandal
- 57.9%
- Seoni district
- 62.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,040
+62 vs mandal average
- Sakri
- 1,040
- Dhanora mandal
- 978
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Sakri
- 5.0
- Dhanora mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sakri at a glance
Sakri is a village of 1,118 people in 222 households (Census 2011) in Dhanora tehsil, Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh, the 16th-largest of 114 villages in Dhanora tehsil. Literacy is 58%, about the same as the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 1,040 women per 1,000 men. It lies 68 km from the Seoni district centre, 7 km from Bheraghat railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 480996, served by Ugli post office; the LGD village code is 496379. The nearest hospital or health centre is Apex Hospital And Research Centre - Jabalpur, 10 km away. The sarpanch is Soorak Kavrwti, and the village votes in Gotegaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mahendra Nagesh. The population is estimated at 1,318 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sakri
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- LAKHNADON
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 50
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 80
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 315.85
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 93.11
- Forest area (ha)
- 4.38
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sakri
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sakri
- LGD code
- 496379
- Pincode
- 480996
- Post office
- Ugli
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,118
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,318
- Households
- 222
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1040
- Literacy rate
- 58.4%
- Coordinates
- 23.10775°N, 79.78978°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandla
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gotegaon
- Member of Parliament
- Faggan Singh Kulaste
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mahendra Nagesh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Soorak Kavrwti
- Block / Mandal
- Dhanora
Getting there
How to reach Sakri
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal244 kmcapital
- Hyderabad651 km
- Delhi664 km
- Mumbai845 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBheraghat7 km
- Bus stopDeen Dayal Chowk Metro Bus Stop16 km
- Hospital / PHCApex Hospital And Research Centre - Jabalpur10 km
- ATM / bankUnion bank of India15 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil16 km
- CollegeChanchala Bai College15 km
- Police stationpolice station17 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Sakri
5 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-20
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)