About Saunra Village

Saunra is a mid sized village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,653, made up of 814 males and 839 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 757.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Saunra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saunra village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bakavand
Pincode	494222
Area (hectares)	757.7 hectares
Population	1,653
Male Population	814
Female Population	839
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,031
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Saunra compares

By the 2011 count Saunra is the 34th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 757.7 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Saunra

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

Saunra lies about 20 km from Bastar. 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 Saunra
Tehsil headquarters	Bakavand	20 km
District headquarters	Bastar	20 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	32 km

Villages closest to Saunra

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.

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Common questions about Saunra

As per the Census of India 2011, Saunra village had a population of 1,653. That makes it the 34th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Saunra village has 814 males and 839 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saunra has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1019.

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

Saunra covers 757.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saunra falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Saunra notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Saunra.

Saunra 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.

Saunra is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Bakavand is about 20 km away. Bastar is about 20 km away. Jagdalpur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.