About Pusem Village

Pusem is a small village in Bastanar tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 286, made up of 123 males and 163 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,325 females per 1000 males. The village covers 313.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pusem Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pusem village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bastanar
Pincode	494442
Area (hectares)	313.57 hectares
Population	286
Male Population	123
Female Population	163
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,325
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pusem compares

By the 2011 count Pusem is the 34th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents. Its 313.57 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 1096.

Getting to Pusem

Pusem is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pusem as Available. 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 Pusem from other places

Pusem lies about 47 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Dabpal, about 9.3 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 Pusem
Tehsil headquarters	Bastanar	4.0 km
Nearest railway station	Dabpal	9.3 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	45 km
District headquarters	Bastar	47 km

Villages closest to Pusem

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pusem village had a population of 286. That makes it the 34th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Pusem village has 123 males and 163 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pusem has about 1325 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1096.

The pincode recorded for Pusem is 494442. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pusem covers 313.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pusem falls under Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Pusem is Dabpal, about 9.3 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Pusem.

Pusem is about 47 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pusem is in Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district. Bastanar is about 4.0 km away. Dabpal is about 9.3 km away. Bacheli is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.