About Satkira Village

Satkira is a small village in Topchanchi tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 244, made up of 132 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 828401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Satkira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Satkira village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Tehsil	Topchanchi
Pincode	828401
Area (hectares)	67.76 hectares
Population	244
Male Population	132
Female Population	112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	848
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Satkira compares

By the 2011 count Satkira is the 86th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,078 residents. Its 67.76 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 937.

Getting to Satkira

Satkira is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Satkira 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Satkira from other places

Satkira lies about 44 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Chegro, about 7.9 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 Satkira
Nearest railway station	Chegro	7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Topchanchi	20 km
Nearest town	Gomoh	21 km
District headquarters	Dhanbad	44 km

Villages closest to Satkira

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Satkira village had a population of 244. That makes it the 86th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,078 residents.

Satkira village has 132 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Satkira has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Satkira is 828401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Satkira covers 67.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Satkira falls under Topchanchi tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Satkira is Chegro, about 7.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Satkira is about 44 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Satkira is in Topchanchi tehsil of Dhanbad district. Chegro is about 7.9 km away. Topchanchi is about 20 km away. Gomoh is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.