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About Kasalgiri Village

Kasalgiri is a mid sized village in Surajpur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,147, made up of 566 males and 581 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 369 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kasalgiri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kasalgiri village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Surguja
Tehsil Surajpur
Pincode 497001
Area (hectares) 369 hectares
Population 1,147
Male Population 566
Female Population 581
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,027
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kasalgiri compares

By the 2011 count Kasalgiri is the 76th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents. Its 369 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Kasalgiri

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

Kasalgiri lies about 29 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Bishrampur, about 23 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 Kasalgiri
Nearest railway station Bishrampur 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Surajpur 29 km
District headquarters Surguja 29 km

Villages closest to Kasalgiri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kasalgiri village had a population of 1,147. That makes it the 76th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents.

Kasalgiri village has 566 males and 581 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kasalgiri has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Kasalgiri is 497001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kasalgiri covers 369 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kasalgiri falls under Surajpur tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kasalgiri is Bishrampur, about 23 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 Kasalgiri.

Kasalgiri is about 29 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kasalgiri is in Surajpur tehsil of Surguja district. Bishrampur is about 23 km away. Surajpur is about 29 km away. Surguja is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Salka (5.2 km), Karanji (7.4 km) and Pandawanagar (10.0 km).

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

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