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About Sunkatla Village

Sunkatla is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 34, made up of 10 males and 24 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 2,400 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sunkatla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sunkatla village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246155
Area (hectares) 59.6 hectares
Population 34
Male Population 10
Female Population 24
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 2,400
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sunkatla compares

By the 2011 count Sunkatla is the 395th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 59.6 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 1243.

Getting to Sunkatla

Sunkatla is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Sunkatla 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sunkatla from other places

Sunkatla lies about 11 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 21 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 Sunkatla
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 6.7 km
District headquarters Garhwal 11 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 21 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 21 km

Villages closest to Sunkatla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sunkatla village had a population of 34. That makes it the 395th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Sunkatla village has 10 males and 24 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sunkatla has about 2400 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Sunkatla is 246155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sunkatla covers 59.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sunkatla falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sunkatla is Kotdwara, about 21 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Sunkatla.

Sunkatla is about 11 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sunkatla is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 6.7 km away. Garhwal is about 11 km away. Kotdwāra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhaniya Kot (under 2 km), Dhaksun (under 2 km) and Jogiyana (under 2 km).

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

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