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About Kasturi Village

Kasturi is a mid sized village in Jagdalpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,042, made up of 528 males and 514 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 329.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kasturi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kasturi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Jagdalpur
Pincode 494001
Area (hectares) 329.78 hectares
Population 1,042
Male Population 528
Female Population 514
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 973
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kasturi compares

By the 2011 count Kasturi is the 37th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents. Its 329.78 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Kasturi

Kasturi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kasturi as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kasturi from other places

Kasturi lies about 29 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Amagura, about 4.7 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 Kasturi
Nearest railway station Amagura 4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Jagdalpur 17 km
District headquarters Bastar 29 km

Villages closest to Kasturi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kasturi village had a population of 1,042. That makes it the 37th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents.

Kasturi village has 528 males and 514 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kasturi has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Kasturi is 494001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kasturi covers 329.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kasturi falls under Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kasturi is Amagura, about 4.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Kasturi.

Kasturi is about 29 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kasturi is in Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district. Amagura is about 4.7 km away. Jagdalpur is about 17 km away. Bastar is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nagarnar (under 2 km), Chokawada (2.0 km) and Upanpal (2.9 km).

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

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