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About Kosagaon Village

Kosagaon is a mid sized village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 719, made up of 346 males and 373 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 348.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kosagaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kosagaon village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Farasgaon
Pincode 494229
Area (hectares) 348.85 hectares
Population 719
Male Population 346
Female Population 373
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,078
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kosagaon compares

By the 2011 count Kosagaon is the 48th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 348.85 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Kosagaon

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

Kosagaon lies about 64 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 65 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 Kosagaon
Nearest town Kondagaon 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Farasgaon 23 km
District headquarters Bastar 64 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 65 km

Villages closest to Kosagaon

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

Common questions about Kosagaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Kosagaon village had a population of 719. That makes it the 48th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Kosagaon village has 346 males and 373 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kosagaon has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Kosagaon is 494229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kosagaon covers 348.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kosagaon falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kosagaon is Antagarh, about 65 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 village for Kosagaon.

Kosagaon is about 64 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kosagaon is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Kondagaon is about 13 km away. Farasgaon is about 23 km away. Bastar is about 64 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sadadi (4.5 km), Karagaon (7.5 km) and Kumharbadgaon (8.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kosagaon today is likely to be higher.

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