About Suktara Village

Suktara is a small village in Chhuikhadan tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 108, made up of 57 males and 51 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 304.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Suktara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Suktara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Chhuikhadan
Pincode	493661
Area (hectares)	304.57 hectares
Population	108
Male Population	57
Female Population	51
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Suktara compares

By the 2011 count Suktara is the 201st largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 694 residents. Its 304.57 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

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 - 10 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 65 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Jatkanhar, about 56 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	Chhuikhadan	18 km
Nearest town	Khairāgarh	29 km
Nearest railway station	Jatkanhar	56 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	65 km

Villages closest to Suktara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Suktara village had a population of 108. That makes it the 201st largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 694 residents.

Suktara village has 57 males and 51 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Suktara has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Suktara is 493661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Suktara covers 304.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Suktara falls under Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Suktara is Jatkanhar, about 56 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 - 10 km distance for Suktara.

Suktara is about 65 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Suktara is in Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuikhadan is about 18 km away. Khairāgarh is about 29 km away. Jatkanhar is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.