About Keshgawan Village

Keshgawan is a mid sized village in Udaypur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,480, made up of 742 males and 738 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 559.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keshgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keshgawan village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Udaypur
Pincode	497116
Area (hectares)	559.37 hectares
Population	1,480
Male Population	742
Female Population	738
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	995
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Keshgawan compares

By the 2011 count Keshgawan is the 16th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 907 residents. Its 559.37 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Keshgawan

Keshgawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Keshgawan 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Keshgawan from other places

Keshgawan lies about 31 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Bishrampur, about 26 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 Keshgawan
Nearest railway station	Bishrampur	26 km
Nearest town	Surajpur	31 km
Tehsil headquarters	Udaypur	31 km
District headquarters	Surguja	31 km

Villages closest to Keshgawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keshgawan village had a population of 1,480. That makes it the 16th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 907 residents.

Keshgawan village has 742 males and 738 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keshgawan has about 995 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Keshgawan is 497116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keshgawan covers 559.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Keshgawan falls under Udaypur tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Keshgawan is Bishrampur, about 26 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 5 - 10 km distance for Keshgawan.

Keshgawan is about 31 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keshgawan is in Udaypur tehsil of Surguja district. Bishrampur is about 26 km away. Surajpur is about 31 km away. Udaypur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.