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About Suktara Village

Suktara is a mid sized village in Keolari tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 917, made up of 474 males and 443 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 559.02 hectares hectares.

Suktara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Suktara village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Seoni
Tehsil Keolari
Area (hectares) 559.02 hectares
Population 917
Male Population 474
Female Population 443
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 935
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Suktara compares

By the 2011 count Suktara is the 66th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 829 residents. Its 559.02 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Suktara

The census records public bus service for Suktara as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Suktara from other places

Suktara lies about 57 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Gangatola, about 2.7 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 Suktara
Nearest railway station Gangatola 2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Keolari 9.0 km
Nearest town Nainpur 14 km
District headquarters Seoni 57 km

Villages closest to Suktara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Suktara village had a population of 917. That makes it the 66th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 829 residents.

Suktara village has 474 males and 443 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Suktara has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1000.

Suktara covers 559.02 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.

Suktara falls under Keolari tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Suktara is Gangatola, about 2.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Suktara.

Suktara is about 57 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Suktara is in Keolari tehsil of Seoni district. Gangatola is about 2.7 km away. Keolari is about 9.0 km away. Nainpur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chaurapatha (1.8 km), Aharwara (2.2 km) and Sahajpuri (2.4 km).

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

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