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About Naktoka Village

Naktoka is a small village in Bastanar tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 312, made up of 156 males and 156 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 473.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Naktoka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Naktoka village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bastanar
Pincode 494442
Area (hectares) 473.17 hectares
Population 312
Male Population 156
Female Population 156
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Naktoka compares

By the 2011 count Naktoka is the 33rd largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents. Its 473.17 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1096.

Getting to Naktoka

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

Naktoka lies about 39 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Silak Jhori, about 17 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 Naktoka
Tehsil headquarters Bastanar 15 km
Nearest railway station Silak Jhori 17 km
District headquarters Bastar 39 km
Nearest town Jagdalpur 47 km

Villages closest to Naktoka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Naktoka village had a population of 312. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Naktoka village has 156 males and 156 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Naktoka has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1096.

The pincode recorded for Naktoka is 494442. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Naktoka covers 473.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Naktoka falls under Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Naktoka is Silak Jhori, about 17 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 10+ km distance for Naktoka.

Naktoka is about 39 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Naktoka is in Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district. Bastanar is about 15 km away. Silak Jhori is about 17 km away. Bastar is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sargiguda (7.0 km), Pirmeta (9.0 km) and Dhokam (10 km).

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

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