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About Kesharpur Village

Kesharpur is a mid sized village in Pithora tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 512, made up of 245 males and 267 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,090 females per 1000 males. The village covers 337.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kesharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kesharpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Mahasamund
Tehsil Pithora
Pincode 493445
Area (hectares) 337.43 hectares
Population 512
Male Population 245
Female Population 267
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,090
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kesharpur compares

By the 2011 count Kesharpur is the 169th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 835 residents. Its 337.43 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1036.

Getting to Kesharpur

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

Kesharpur lies about 74 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Komakhan railway station, about 44 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 Kesharpur
Nearest town Saraipali 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Pithora 30 km
Nearest railway station Komakhan railway station 44 km
District headquarters Mahasamund 74 km

Villages closest to Kesharpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kesharpur village had a population of 512. That makes it the 169th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 835 residents.

Kesharpur village has 245 males and 267 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kesharpur has about 1090 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Kesharpur is 493445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kesharpur covers 337.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kesharpur falls under Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kesharpur is Komakhan railway station, about 44 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 Kesharpur.

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

Kesharpur is in Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district. Saraipali is about 24 km away. Pithora is about 30 km away. Komakhan railway station is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shankarpur (5.6 km), Sirko (6.5 km) and Khursipahar (7.7 km).

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

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