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About Sandtarai Village

Sandtarai is a small village in Durgkondal tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 114, made up of 56 males and 58 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 228.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494669, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sandtarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sandtarai village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Durgkondal
Pincode 494669
Area (hectares) 228.5 hectares
Population 114
Male Population 56
Female Population 58
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sandtarai compares

By the 2011 count Sandtarai is the 134th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 431 residents. Its 228.5 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Sandtarai

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

Sandtarai lies about 35 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 20 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 Sandtarai
Nearest railway station Keoti 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Durgkondal 35 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 35 km
Nearest town Nārāinpur 54 km

Villages closest to Sandtarai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sandtarai village had a population of 114. That makes it the 134th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 431 residents.

Sandtarai village has 56 males and 58 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sandtarai has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Sandtarai is 494669. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sandtarai covers 228.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sandtarai falls under Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sandtarai is Keoti, about 20 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 10+ km distance for Sandtarai.

Sandtarai is about 35 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sandtarai is in Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Keoti is about 20 km away. Durgkondal is about 35 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kopakatel (under 2 km), Kawachikatel (2.5 km) and Paurkheda (3.0 km).

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

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