About Keelam Village

Keelam is a mid sized village in Kondagaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 555, made up of 291 males and 264 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1176.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keelam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keelam village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Kondagaon
Pincode	494226
Area (hectares)	1176.53 hectares
Population	555
Male Population	291
Female Population	264
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Keelam compares

By the 2011 count Keelam is the 104th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 1176.53 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Keelam

Keelam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Keelam as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Karanji, Karanpur, Karathiallwad and Karsing. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Keelam

As per the Census of India 2011, Keelam village had a population of 555. That makes it the 104th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Keelam village has 291 males and 264 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keelam has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Keelam is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keelam covers 1176.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Keelam falls under Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Keelam notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Keelam.

Keelam is in Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.