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About Suktara Village

Suktara is a mid sized village in Sahaspur Lohara tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,161, made up of 591 males and 570 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 964 females per 1000 males. The village covers 332.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Suktara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Suktara village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Kabeerdham
Tehsil Sahaspur Lohara
Pincode 491227
Area (hectares) 332.79 hectares
Population 1,161
Male Population 591
Female Population 570
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 964
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Suktara compares

By the 2011 count Suktara is the 36th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 782 residents. Its 332.79 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Suktara

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

Suktara lies about 36 km from Kabeerdham, and the nearest railway station is Rasmara, about 62 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 Suktara
Tehsil headquarters Sahaspur Lohara 10 km
Nearest town Kawardha 29 km
District headquarters Kabeerdham 36 km
Nearest railway station Rasmara 62 km

Villages closest to Suktara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sahaspur Lohara 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 Suktara

As per the Census of India 2011, Suktara village had a population of 1,161. That makes it the 36th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 782 residents.

Suktara village has 591 males and 570 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Suktara has about 964 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Suktara is 491227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Suktara covers 332.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Suktara falls under Sahaspur Lohara tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Suktara is Rasmara, about 62 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 Suktara.

Suktara is about 36 km from Kabeerdham in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Suktara is in Sahaspur Lohara tehsil of Kabeerdham district. Sahaspur Lohara is about 10 km away. Kawardha is about 29 km away. Kabeerdham is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhandarpur (under 2 km), Jangalpur (under 2 km) and Singapur (1.9 km).

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

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