About Kusma Village

Kusma is a large village in Kondagaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,064, made up of 1,020 males and 1,044 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 394.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kusma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kusma village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Kondagaon
Pincode	494226
Area (hectares)	394.19 hectares
Population	2,064
Male Population	1,020
Female Population	1,044
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,024
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kusma compares

By the 2011 count Kusma is the 20th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 394.19 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Kusma

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

Kusma lies about 45 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Bade Arapur, about 60 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 Kusma
Tehsil headquarters	Kondagaon	7.3 km
District headquarters	Bastar	45 km
Nearest railway station	Bade Arapur	60 km

Villages closest to Kusma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kusma village had a population of 2,064. That makes it the 20th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Kusma village has 1,020 males and 1,044 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kusma has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1046.

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

Kusma covers 394.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kusma falls under Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kusma is Bade Arapur, about 60 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 Kusma.

Kusma is about 45 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kusma is in Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district. Kondagaon is about 7.3 km away. Bastar is about 45 km away. Bade Arapur is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.