About Kalkasa Village

Kalkasa is a small village in Basna tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 201, made up of 102 males and 99 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 216.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalkasa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalkasa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Basna
Pincode	493554
Area (hectares)	216.79 hectares
Population	201
Male Population	102
Female Population	99
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	971
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalkasa compares

By the 2011 count Kalkasa is the 198th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 767 residents. Its 216.79 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1016.

Getting to Kalkasa

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

Kalkasa lies about 81 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Komakhan railway station, about 50 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 Kalkasa
Tehsil headquarters	Basna	9.3 km
Nearest town	Saraipali	19 km
Nearest railway station	Komakhan railway station	50 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	81 km

Villages closest to Kalkasa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalkasa village had a population of 201. That makes it the 198th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 767 residents.

Kalkasa village has 102 males and 99 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalkasa has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Kalkasa is 493554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalkasa covers 216.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kalkasa falls under Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kalkasa is Komakhan railway station, about 50 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 10+ km distance for Kalkasa.

Kalkasa is about 81 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalkasa is in Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district. Basna is about 9.3 km away. Saraipali is about 19 km away. Komakhan railway station is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.