About Keshgawan Village

Keshgawan is a mid sized village in Sonhat tehsil, in the district of Koriya, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 974, made up of 499 males and 475 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 363.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494670, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keshgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keshgawan village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Koriya
Tehsil	Sonhat
Pincode	494670
Area (hectares)	363.96 hectares
Population	974
Male Population	499
Female Population	475
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	952
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Keshgawan compares

By the 2011 count Keshgawan is the 9th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 466 residents. Its 363.96 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Keshgawan

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

Keshgawan lies about 23 km from Koriya, and the nearest railway station is Baikunthpur Rd, about 15 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 Keshgawan
Tehsil headquarters	Sonhat	4.3 km
Nearest town	Shivpur Charcha	14 km
Nearest railway station	Baikunthpur Rd	15 km
District headquarters	Koriya	23 km

Villages closest to Keshgawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keshgawan village had a population of 974. That makes it the 9th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 466 residents.

Keshgawan village has 499 males and 475 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keshgawan has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Keshgawan is 494670. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keshgawan covers 363.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Keshgawan falls under Sonhat tehsil of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Keshgawan is Baikunthpur Rd, about 15 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 Keshgawan.

Keshgawan is about 23 km from Koriya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keshgawan is in Sonhat tehsil of Koriya district. Sonhat is about 4.3 km away. Shivpur Charcha is about 14 km away. Baikunthpur Rd is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.