About Musara Kalan Village

Musara Kalan is a mid sized village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,479, made up of 784 males and 695 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 351.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Musara Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Musara Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargarh
Pincode	491445
Area (hectares)	351.05 hectares
Population	1,479
Male Population	784
Female Population	695
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Musara Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Musara Kalan is the 35th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 351.05 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Musara Kalan

Musara Kalan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Musara Kalan as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Musara Kalan from other places

Musara Kalan lies about 17 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Musra, about under 2 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 Musara Kalan
Nearest railway station	Musra	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargarh	13 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	17 km

Villages closest to Musara Kalan

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.

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Common questions about Musara Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Musara Kalan village had a population of 1,479. That makes it the 35th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Musara Kalan village has 784 males and 695 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Musara Kalan has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

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

Musara Kalan covers 351.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Musara Kalan falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Musara Kalan is Musra, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Musara Kalan.

Musara Kalan is about 17 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Musara Kalan is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Musra is about under 2 km away. Dongargarh is about 13 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.