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About Muskera Village

Muskera is a small village in Gurur tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 200, made up of 103 males and 97 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 328.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Muskera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Muskera village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Gurur
Pincode 491226
Area (hectares) 328.47 hectares
Population 200
Male Population 103
Female Population 97
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 942
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Muskera compares

By the 2011 count Muskera is the 106th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents. Its 328.47 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Muskera

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

Muskera lies about 71 km from Durg. 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 Muskera
Tehsil headquarters Gurur 13 km
Nearest town Dhamtari 21 km
District headquarters Durg 71 km

Villages closest to Muskera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Muskera village had a population of 200. That makes it the 106th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents.

Muskera village has 103 males and 97 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Muskera has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Muskera is 491226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Muskera covers 328.47 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.

Muskera falls under Gurur tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Muskera notes the nearest railway station 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 Muskera.

Muskera is about 71 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Muskera is in Gurur tehsil of Durg district. Gurur is about 13 km away. Dhamtari is about 21 km away. Durg is about 71 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karrajhar (under 2 km), Alori (2.3 km) and Onakona (2.8 km).

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

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