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About Teka Village

Teka is a mid sized village in Pusour tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 692, made up of 330 males and 362 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,097 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Teka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Teka village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Pusour
Pincode 491225
Area (hectares) 206.74 hectares
Population 692
Male Population 330
Female Population 362
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,097
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Teka compares

By the 2011 count Teka is the 77th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 934 residents. Its 206.74 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Teka

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

Teka lies about 14 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Kirodimal Nagar, about 10 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 Teka
Nearest railway station Kirodimal Nagar 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Pusour 14 km
District headquarters Raigarh 14 km

Villages closest to Teka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Teka village had a population of 692. That makes it the 77th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 934 residents.

Teka village has 330 males and 362 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Teka has about 1097 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Teka is 491225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Teka covers 206.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Teka falls under Pusour tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Teka is Kirodimal Nagar, about 10 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 Teka.

Teka is about 14 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Teka is in Pusour tehsil of Raigarh district. Kirodimal Nagar is about 10 km away. Pusour is about 14 km away. Raigarh is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thakurpali (under 2 km), Pacheda (1.7 km) and Gorra (2.0 km).

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

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