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About Keshli Village

Keshli is a mid sized village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 505, made up of 236 males and 269 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,140 females per 1000 males. The village covers 290.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keshli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keshli village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Dongargarh
Pincode 491445
Area (hectares) 290.77 hectares
Population 505
Male Population 236
Female Population 269
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,140
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Keshli compares

By the 2011 count Keshli is the 125th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 290.77 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 1017.

Getting to Keshli

Keshli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Keshli as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Keshli from other places

Keshli lies about 18 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Musra, about 9.0 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 Keshli
Nearest railway station Musra 9.0 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 18 km
Nearest town Rāj-Nāndgaon 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Dongargarh 18 km

Villages closest to Keshli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keshli village had a population of 505. That makes it the 125th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Keshli village has 236 males and 269 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keshli has about 1140 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Keshli is 491445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keshli covers 290.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Keshli falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Keshli is Musra, about 9.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Keshli.

Keshli is about 18 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keshli is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Musra is about 9.0 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 18 km away. Rāj-Nāndgaon is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Manki (1.9 km), Sahaspur (2.0 km) and Jarwahi (2.1 km).

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

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