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About Teka Village

Teka is a mid sized village in Dongargaon tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 533, made up of 260 males and 273 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 339.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Teka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Teka village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Dongargaon
Pincode 491441
Area (hectares) 339.32 hectares
Population 533
Male Population 260
Female Population 273
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,050
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Teka compares

By the 2011 count Teka is the 93rd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents. Its 339.32 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Teka

Teka is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Teka as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 13 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bakal, about 3.4 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 Bakal 3.4 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 13 km
Nearest town Rāj-Nāndgaon 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Dongargaon 20 km

Villages closest to Teka

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dongargaon 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 533. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents.

Teka village has 260 males and 273 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Teka has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Teka is 491441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Teka covers 339.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Teka falls under Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Teka is Bakal, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Teka.

Teka is about 13 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Teka is in Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Bakal is about 3.4 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 13 km away. Rāj-Nāndgaon is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hardi (under 2 km), Jhitiya (2.4 km) and Kanhardabri (3.2 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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