About Kosa Village

Kosa is a small village in Bemetara tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 293, made up of 141 males and 152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 268.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491995, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kosa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kosa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Bemetara
Pincode	491995
Area (hectares)	268.77 hectares
Population	293
Male Population	141
Female Population	152
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,078
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kosa compares

By the 2011 count Kosa is the 161st largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,007 residents. Its 268.77 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1000.

Getting to Kosa

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

Kosa lies about 74 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 29 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 Kosa
Tehsil headquarters	Bemetara	11 km
Nearest town	Bemetāra	11 km
Nearest railway station	Hathbandh	29 km
District headquarters	Durg	74 km

Villages closest to Kosa

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.

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Common questions about Kosa

As per the Census of India 2011, Kosa village had a population of 293. That makes it the 161st largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,007 residents.

Kosa village has 141 males and 152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kosa has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Kosa is 491995. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kosa covers 268.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kosa falls under Bemetara tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kosa is Hathbandh, about 29 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 village for Kosa.

Kosa is about 74 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kosa is in Bemetara tehsil of Durg district. Bemetara is about 11 km away. Bemetāra is about 11 km away. Hathbandh is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.