About Keshtara Village

Keshtara is a mid sized village in Nawagarh tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 545, made up of 271 males and 274 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 190.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496336, 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	Nawagarh
Pincode	496336
Area (hectares)	190.46 hectares
Population	545
Male Population	271
Female Population	274
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,011
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Keshtara compares

By the 2011 count Keshtara is the 118th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 985 residents. Its 190.46 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

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 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 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	Nawagarh	16 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 Nawagarh 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 Keshtara

As per the Census of India 2011, Keshtara village had a population of 545. That makes it the 118th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 985 residents.

Keshtara village has 271 males and 274 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keshtara has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Keshtara is 496336. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keshtara covers 190.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Keshtara falls under Nawagarh 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 village 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 Nawagarh tehsil of Durg district. Nawagarh is about 16 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.