About Suthan Village

Suthan is a small village in Saluni tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 219, made up of 117 males and 102 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176320, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Suthan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Suthan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Saluni
Pincode	176320
Area (hectares)	72 hectares
Population	219
Male Population	117
Female Population	102
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Suthan compares

By the 2011 count Suthan is the 97th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 366 residents. Its 72 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Suthan

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

Suthan lies about 8.5 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Talara, about 36 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 Suthan
Tehsil headquarters	Saluni	8.5 km
District headquarters	Chamba	8.5 km
Nearest railway station	Talara	36 km

Villages closest to Suthan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Suthan village had a population of 219. That makes it the 97th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 366 residents.

Suthan village has 117 males and 102 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Suthan has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Suthan is 176320. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Suthan covers 72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Suthan falls under Saluni tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Suthan is Talara, about 36 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Suthan.

Suthan is about 8.5 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Suthan is in Saluni tehsil of Chamba district. Saluni is about 8.5 km away. Chamba is about 8.5 km away. Talara is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.