About Keshtara Village

Keshtara is a small village in Mungeli tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 305, made up of 165 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 171.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keshtara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keshtara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Mungeli
Pincode	495334
Area (hectares)	171.81 hectares
Population	305
Male Population	165
Female Population	140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	848
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Keshtara compares

By the 2011 count Keshtara is the 195th largest of the 230 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 830 residents. Its 171.81 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Keshtara

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

Keshtara lies about 57 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 23 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 Keshtara
Nearest town	Bemetāra	19 km
Nearest railway station	Hathbandh	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mungeli	31 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	57 km

Villages closest to Keshtara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keshtara village had a population of 305. That makes it the 195th largest of the 230 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 830 residents.

Keshtara village has 165 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keshtara has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

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

Keshtara covers 171.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Keshtara falls under Mungeli tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Keshtara is Hathbandh, about 23 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 Keshtara.

Keshtara is about 57 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keshtara is in Mungeli tehsil of Bilaspur district. Bemetāra is about 19 km away. Hathbandh is about 23 km away. Mungeli is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.