About Latma Village

Latma is a mid sized village in Sonhat tehsil, in the district of Koriya, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,050, made up of 487 males and 563 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,156 females per 1000 males. The village covers 435.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497339, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Latma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Latma village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Koriya
Tehsil	Sonhat
Pincode	497339
Area (hectares)	435.51 hectares
Population	1,050
Male Population	487
Female Population	563
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,156
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Latma compares

By the 2011 count Latma is the 7th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 466 residents. Its 435.51 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Latma

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

Latma lies about 16 km from Koriya, and the nearest railway station is Baikunthpur Rd, about 8.5 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 Latma
Nearest town	Shivpur Charcha	7.5 km
Nearest railway station	Baikunthpur Rd	8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonhat	13 km
District headquarters	Koriya	16 km

Villages closest to Latma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Latma village had a population of 1,050. That makes it the 7th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 466 residents.

Latma village has 487 males and 563 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Latma has about 1156 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Latma is 497339. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Latma covers 435.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Latma falls under Sonhat tehsil of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Latma is Baikunthpur Rd, about 8.5 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 Latma.

Latma is about 16 km from Koriya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Latma is in Sonhat tehsil of Koriya district. Shivpur Charcha is about 7.5 km away. Baikunthpur Rd is about 8.5 km away. Sonhat is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.