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About Sukhri Kalan Village

Sukhri Kalan is a mid sized village in Dhamdha tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,416, made up of 708 males and 708 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 461.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sukhri Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sukhri Kalan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Dhamdha
Pincode 491331
Area (hectares) 461.03 hectares
Population 1,416
Male Population 708
Female Population 708
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sukhri Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Sukhri Kalan is the 46th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents. Its 461.03 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 1004.

Getting to Sukhri Kalan

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

Sukhri Kalan lies about 23 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Rasmara, about 22 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 Sukhri Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Dhamdha 10 km
Nearest town Ahīwāra 19 km
Nearest railway station Rasmara 22 km
District headquarters Durg 23 km

Villages closest to Sukhri Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhamdha 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 Sukhri Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Sukhri Kalan village had a population of 1,416. That makes it the 46th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents.

Sukhri Kalan village has 708 males and 708 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sukhri Kalan has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Sukhri Kalan is 491331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sukhri Kalan covers 461.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sukhri Kalan falls under Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sukhri Kalan is Rasmara, about 22 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 Sukhri Kalan.

Sukhri Kalan is about 23 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sukhri Kalan is in Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district. Dhamdha is about 10 km away. Ahīwāra is about 19 km away. Rasmara is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sukhri Khurd (under 2 km), Khilora Khurd (1.5 km) and Ruha (2.5 km).

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

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