About Puskonta Village

Puskonta is a small village in Usur tehsil, in the district of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 128, made up of 66 males and 62 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 471.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494447, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Puskonta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puskonta village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bijapur
Tehsil	Usur
Pincode	494447
Area (hectares)	471.42 hectares
Population	128
Male Population	66
Female Population	62
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Puskonta compares

By the 2011 count Puskonta is the 106th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 453 residents. Its 471.42 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 1021.

Getting to Puskonta

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

Puskonta lies about 28 km from Bijapur, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 47 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 Puskonta
Tehsil headquarters	Usur	10 km
District headquarters	Bijapur	28 km
Nearest railway station	Kirandul	47 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	49 km

Villages closest to Puskonta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Puskonta village had a population of 128. That makes it the 106th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 453 residents.

Puskonta village has 66 males and 62 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puskonta has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Puskonta is 494447. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Puskonta covers 471.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Puskonta falls under Usur tehsil of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Puskonta is Kirandul, about 47 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 Puskonta.

Puskonta is about 28 km from Bijapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puskonta is in Usur tehsil of Bijapur district. Usur is about 10 km away. Bijapur is about 28 km away. Kirandul is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.