About Kusa Village

Kusa is a mid sized village in Sherghati tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,840, made up of 945 males and 895 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 370 hectares hectares.

Kusa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kusa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Sherghati
Area (hectares)	370 hectares
Population	1,840
Male Population	945
Female Population	895
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	947
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kusa compares

By the 2011 count Kusa is the 25th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,424 residents. Its 370 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Kusa

Kusa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kusa as Available within 5 - 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 Kusa from other places

Kusa lies about 23 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Kastha, 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 Kusa
Tehsil headquarters	Sherghati	12 km
Nearest town	Sherghāti	12 km
Nearest railway station	Kastha	21 km
District headquarters	Gaya	23 km

Villages closest to Kusa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kusa village had a population of 1,840. That makes it the 25th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,424 residents.

Kusa village has 945 males and 895 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kusa has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Kusa covers 370 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kusa falls under Sherghati tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Kusa is Kastha, 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kusa.

Kusa is about 23 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kusa is in Sherghati tehsil of Gaya district. Sherghati is about 12 km away. Sherghāti is about 12 km away. Kastha is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.