About Sukna Village

Sukna is a mid sized village in Kurseong tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,011, made up of 480 males and 531 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,106 females per 1000 males. The village covers 8.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734009, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sukna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sukna village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Darjiling
Tehsil	Kurseong
Pincode	734009
Area (hectares)	8.5 hectares
Population	1,011
Male Population	480
Female Population	531
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,106
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 Sukna compares

By the 2011 count Sukna is the 28th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,240 residents. Its 8.5 hectares work out to about 119 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Sukna

Sukna is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sukna 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 Sukna from other places

Sukna lies about 29 km from Darjiling, and the nearest railway station is Sukna, about under 2 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 Sukna
Nearest railway station	Sukna	under 2 km
Nearest town	Siliguri	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kurseong	14 km
District headquarters	Darjiling	29 km

Villages closest to Sukna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sukna village had a population of 1,011. That makes it the 28th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,240 residents.

Sukna village has 480 males and 531 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sukna has about 1106 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Sukna is 734009. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sukna covers 8.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 119 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Sukna falls under Kurseong tehsil of Darjiling district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Sukna is Sukna, about under 2 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 Sukna.

Sukna is about 29 km from Darjiling in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sukna is in Kurseong tehsil of Darjiling district. Sukna is about under 2 km away. Siliguri is about 11 km away. Kurseong is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.