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About Keratong Village

Keratong is a small village in Chhindgarh tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 470, made up of 192 males and 278 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,448 females per 1000 males. The village covers 689.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keratong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keratong village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Chhindgarh
Pincode 494115
Area (hectares) 689.95 hectares
Population 470
Male Population 192
Female Population 278
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,448
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Keratong compares

By the 2011 count Keratong is the 59th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents. Its 689.95 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1096.

Getting to Keratong

Keratong is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Keratong as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Keratong from other places

Keratong lies about 33 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kaklur, about 32 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 Keratong
Nearest railway station Kaklur 32 km
Tehsil headquarters Chhindgarh 33 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 33 km
Nearest town Malakanagiri 33 km

Villages closest to Keratong

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keratong village had a population of 470. That makes it the 59th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents.

Keratong village has 192 males and 278 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keratong has about 1448 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1096.

The pincode recorded for Keratong is 494115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keratong covers 689.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Keratong falls under Chhindgarh tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Keratong is Kaklur, about 32 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 km distance for Keratong.

Keratong is about 33 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keratong is in Chhindgarh tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kaklur is about 32 km away. Chhindgarh is about 33 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahima (under 2 km), Andumpal (2.8 km) and Pendalnar (6.3 km).

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

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