About Sulma Village

Sulma is a mid sized village in Lawalaung tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 695, made up of 335 males and 360 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,075 females per 1000 males. The village covers 613 hectares hectares.

Sulma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sulma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Lawalaung
Area (hectares)	613 hectares
Population	695
Male Population	335
Female Population	360
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,075
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sulma compares

By the 2011 count Sulma is the 27th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 522 residents. Its 613 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 970.

Getting to Sulma

Sulma is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sulma as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Sulma from other places

Sulma lies about 25 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Balumath, about 28 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 Sulma
Tehsil headquarters	Lawalaung	25 km
District headquarters	Chatra	25 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	25 km
Nearest railway station	Balumath	28 km

Villages closest to Sulma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sulma village had a population of 695. That makes it the 27th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 522 residents.

Sulma village has 335 males and 360 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sulma has about 1075 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Sulma covers 613 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sulma falls under Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sulma is Balumath, about 28 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sulma.

Sulma is about 25 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sulma is in Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district. Lawalaung is about 25 km away. Chatra is about 25 km away. Chatrā is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.