About Sukna Forest Village

Sukna Forest is a small village in Kurseong tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 151, made up of 73 males and 78 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,068 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1550.77 hectares hectares.

Sukna Forest Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sukna Forest village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Darjiling
Tehsil	Kurseong
Area (hectares)	1550.77 hectares
Population	151
Male Population	73
Female Population	78
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,068
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Sukna Forest compares

By the 2011 count Sukna Forest is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,240 residents. Its 1550.77 hectares work out to about 0.1 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 993.

Getting to Sukna Forest

Sukna Forest is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sukna Forest 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sukna Forest from other places

Sukna Forest 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 Forest
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 Forest

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 Forest

As per the Census of India 2011, Sukna Forest village had a population of 151. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,240 residents.

Sukna Forest village has 73 males and 78 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sukna Forest has about 1068 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Sukna Forest covers 1550.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Sukna Forest is Sukna, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sukna Forest.

Sukna Forest 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 Forest 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.