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About Talakurra Village

Talakurra is a mid sized village in Kanker tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,730, made up of 843 males and 887 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 810.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Talakurra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Talakurra village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Kanker
Pincode 495116
Area (hectares) 810.85 hectares
Population 1,730
Male Population 843
Female Population 887
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,052
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Talakurra compares

By the 2011 count Talakurra is the 10th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 810.85 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Talakurra

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

Talakurra lies about 10 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Bhanupratappur, about 25 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 Talakurra
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Kanker 20 km
Nearest town Kānker 20 km
Nearest railway station Bhanupratappur 25 km

Villages closest to Talakurra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Talakurra village had a population of 1,730. That makes it the 10th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Talakurra village has 843 males and 887 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Talakurra has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Talakurra is 495116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Talakurra covers 810.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Talakurra falls under Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Talakurra is Bhanupratappur, about 25 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 Talakurra.

Talakurra is about 10 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.

Talakurra is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 10 km away. Kanker is about 20 km away. Kānker is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kewatintola (2.4 km), Kokanpur (2.7 km) and Dabena (3.0 km).

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

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