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About Keshtara Village

Keshtara is a mid sized village in Bemetara tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,038, made up of 509 males and 529 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 449.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keshtara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keshtara village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Bemetara
Pincode 491335
Area (hectares) 449.95 hectares
Population 1,038
Male Population 509
Female Population 529
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,039
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Keshtara compares

By the 2011 count Keshtara is the 70th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,007 residents. Its 449.95 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

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 <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 Keshtara from other places

Keshtara lies about 80 km from Durg, 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
Tehsil headquarters Bemetara 19 km
Nearest town Bemetāra 19 km
Nearest railway station Hathbandh 23 km
District headquarters Durg 80 km

Villages closest to Keshtara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keshtara village had a population of 1,038. That makes it the 70th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,007 residents.

Keshtara village has 509 males and 529 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keshtara has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Keshtara is 491335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keshtara covers 449.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Keshtara falls under Bemetara tehsil of Durg 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 <5 km distance for Keshtara.

Keshtara is about 80 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

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

The closest recorded villages are Tuma (2.3 km), Chandan (2.4 km) and Mutpuri (2.7 km).

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

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