About Sunai Village

Sunai is a small village in Bahoriband tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 401, made up of 214 males and 187 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 256.38 hectares hectares.

Sunai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sunai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Bahoriband
Area (hectares)	256.38 hectares
Population	401
Male Population	214
Female Population	187
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sunai compares

By the 2011 count Sunai is the 125th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents. Its 256.38 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Sunai

Sunai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sunai as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Sunai from other places

Sunai lies about 21 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Sansarpur, about 14 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 Sunai
Nearest railway station	Sansarpur	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bahoriband	18 km
District headquarters	Katni	21 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	21 km

Villages closest to Sunai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sunai village had a population of 401. That makes it the 125th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents.

Sunai village has 214 males and 187 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sunai has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 964.

Sunai covers 256.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sunai falls under Bahoriband tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sunai is Sansarpur, about 14 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sunai.

Sunai is about 21 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sunai is in Bahoriband tehsil of Katni district. Sansarpur is about 14 km away. Bahoriband is about 18 km away. Katni is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.