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About Satlawand Village

Satlawand is a mid sized village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,583, made up of 799 males and 784 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 939.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Satlawand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Satlawand village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bakavand
Pincode 494222
Area (hectares) 939.3 hectares
Population 1,583
Male Population 799
Female Population 784
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 981
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Satlawand compares

By the 2011 count Satlawand is the 36th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 939.3 hectares work out to about 1.7 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, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Satlawand

Satlawand is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Satlawand as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Satlawand from other places

Satlawand lies about 20 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Nakti Semara, about 27 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 Satlawand
Tehsil headquarters Bakavand 20 km
District headquarters Bastar 20 km
Nearest town Jagdalpur 25 km
Nearest railway station Nakti Semara 27 km

Villages closest to Satlawand

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Satlawand village had a population of 1,583. That makes it the 36th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Satlawand village has 799 males and 784 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Satlawand has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Satlawand is 494222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Satlawand covers 939.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Satlawand falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Satlawand is Nakti Semara, about 27 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 and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Satlawand.

Satlawand is about 20 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Satlawand is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Bakavand is about 20 km away. Bastar is about 20 km away. Jagdalpur 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 Chhinari (2.4 km), Bakawand (2.9 km) and Kaundawand (3.1 km).

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

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