About Kestarpur Village

Kestarpur is a mid sized village in Lormi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 681, made up of 359 males and 322 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 171.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kestarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kestarpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Lormi
Pincode	495334
Area (hectares)	171.19 hectares
Population	681
Male Population	359
Female Population	322
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kestarpur compares

By the 2011 count Kestarpur is the 162nd largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents. Its 171.19 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Kestarpur

Kestarpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kestarpur 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kestarpur from other places

Kestarpur lies about 49 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 38 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 Kestarpur
Nearest town	Mungeli	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lormi	13 km
Nearest railway station	Kargi Road	38 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	49 km

Villages closest to Kestarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kestarpur village had a population of 681. That makes it the 162nd largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents.

Kestarpur village has 359 males and 322 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kestarpur has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Kestarpur is 495334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kestarpur covers 171.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kestarpur falls under Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kestarpur is Kargi Road, about 38 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 10+ km distance for Kestarpur.

Kestarpur is about 49 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kestarpur is in Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Mungeli is about 11 km away. Lormi is about 13 km away. Kargi Road is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.