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About Sautpur Village

Sautpur is a mid sized village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,923, made up of 960 males and 963 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 745.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495330, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sautpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sautpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bakavand
Pincode 495330
Area (hectares) 745.59 hectares
Population 1,923
Male Population 960
Female Population 963
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sautpur compares

By the 2011 count Sautpur is the 24th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 745.59 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Sautpur

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

Sautpur lies about 26 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Amagura, about 33 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 Sautpur
Tehsil headquarters Bakavand 26 km
District headquarters Bastar 26 km
Nearest town Jagdalpur 33 km
Nearest railway station Amagura 33 km

Villages closest to Sautpur

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 Sautpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Sautpur village had a population of 1,923. That makes it the 24th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Sautpur village has 960 males and 963 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sautpur has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Sautpur is 495330. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sautpur covers 745.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sautpur falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sautpur is Amagura, about 33 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 village for Sautpur.

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

Sautpur is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Bakavand is about 26 km away. Bastar is about 26 km away. Jagdalpur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sonpur (2.4 km), Karpawand (2.4 km) and Narawand (2.8 km).

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

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