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About Keshloor Village

Keshloor is a large village in Tokapal tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,147, made up of 1,068 males and 1,079 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 567.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494450, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keshloor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keshloor village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Tokapal
Pincode 494450
Area (hectares) 567.52 hectares
Population 2,147
Male Population 1,068
Female Population 1,079
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,010
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Keshloor compares

By the 2011 count Keshloor is the 8th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,106 residents. Its 567.52 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1069.

Getting to Keshloor

Keshloor 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 Keshloor 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 Keshloor from other places

Keshloor lies about 21 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Kumhar Maranga, about 3.9 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 Keshloor
Tehsil headquarters Tokapal 2.7 km
Nearest railway station Kumhar Maranga 3.9 km
Nearest town Jagdalpur 13 km
District headquarters Bastar 21 km

Villages closest to Keshloor

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keshloor village had a population of 2,147. That makes it the 8th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,106 residents.

Keshloor village has 1,068 males and 1,079 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keshloor has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1069.

The pincode recorded for Keshloor is 494450. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keshloor covers 567.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Keshloor falls under Tokapal tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Keshloor is Kumhar Maranga, about 3.9 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 Keshloor.

Keshloor is about 21 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keshloor is in Tokapal tehsil of Bastar district. Tokapal is about 2.7 km away. Kumhar Maranga is about 3.9 km away. Jagdalpur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sosanpal (under 2 km), Tokapal (2.7 km) and Parpa (2.9 km).

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

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