About Usta Village

Usta is a large village in Goradih tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,845, made up of 2,567 males and 2,278 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 176 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 813210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Usta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Usta village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Goradih
Pincode	813210
Area (hectares)	176 hectares
Population	4,845
Male Population	2,567
Female Population	2,278
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Usta compares

By the 2011 count Usta is the 6th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,805 residents. Its 176 hectares work out to about 28 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Usta

Usta is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Usta as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Usta from other places

Usta lies about 8.0 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Kollikhutaha, about 2.6 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 Usta
Nearest railway station	Kollikhutaha	2.6 km
Nearest town	Purāini	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goradih	5.9 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	8.0 km

Villages closest to Usta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Usta village had a population of 4,845. That makes it the 6th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,805 residents.

Usta village has 2,567 males and 2,278 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Usta has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

The pincode recorded for Usta is 813210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Usta covers 176 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 28 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Usta falls under Goradih tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Usta is Kollikhutaha, about 2.6 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 5 - 10 km distance for Usta.

Usta is about 8.0 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Usta is in Goradih tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Kollikhutaha is about 2.6 km away. Purāini is about 5.6 km away. Goradih is about 5.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.