About Muskel Village

Muskel is a mid sized village in Dantewada tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 640, made up of 298 males and 342 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,148 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1015.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Muskel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Muskel village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Dantewada
Pincode	494449
Area (hectares)	1015.58 hectares
Population	640
Male Population	298
Female Population	342
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,148
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Muskel compares

By the 2011 count Muskel is the 35th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 1015.58 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 1086.

Getting to Muskel

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

Muskel lies about 15 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kawargaon, about 7.3 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 Muskel
Nearest railway station	Kawargaon	7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dantewada	15 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	15 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	29 km

Villages closest to Muskel

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Muskel village had a population of 640. That makes it the 35th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Muskel village has 298 males and 342 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Muskel has about 1148 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1086.

The pincode recorded for Muskel is 494449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Muskel covers 1015.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Muskel falls under Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Muskel is Kawargaon, about 7.3 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 Muskel.

Muskel is about 15 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.

Muskel is in Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kawargaon is about 7.3 km away. Dantewada is about 15 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.