About Samtara Village

Samtara is a small village in Nagri tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 423, made up of 209 males and 214 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493778, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Samtara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Samtara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Tehsil	Nagri
Pincode	493778
Area (hectares)	179.94 hectares
Population	423
Male Population	209
Female Population	214
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,024
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Samtara compares

By the 2011 count Samtara is the 126th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 687 residents. Its 179.94 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 1030.

Getting to Samtara

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

Samtara lies about 63 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Sarsonpuri, about 63 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 Samtara
Tehsil headquarters	Nagri	4.8 km
Nearest town	Kānker	54 km
Nearest railway station	Sarsonpuri	63 km
District headquarters	Dhamtari	63 km

Villages closest to Samtara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Samtara village had a population of 423. That makes it the 126th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 687 residents.

Samtara village has 209 males and 214 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Samtara has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Samtara is 493778. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Samtara covers 179.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Samtara falls under Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Samtara is Sarsonpuri, about 63 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 Samtara.

Samtara is about 63 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Samtara is in Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district. Nagri is about 4.8 km away. Kānker is about 54 km away. Sarsonpuri is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.