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About Costi Village

Costi is a mid sized village in Sanguem tehsil, in the district of South Goa, Goa. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 881, made up of 503 males and 378 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 751 females per 1000 males. The village covers 685 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 403704, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Costi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Costi village
Description Value
State Goa
District South Goa
Tehsil Sanguem
Pincode 403704
Area (hectares) 685 hectares
Population 881
Male Population 503
Female Population 378
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 751
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Costi compares

By the 2011 count Costi is the 22nd largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents. Its 685 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Costi

Costi 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 Costi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Costi from other places

Costi lies about 15 km from South Goa, and the nearest railway station is Kalem, about 5.0 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 Costi
Tehsil headquarters Sanguem 2.8 km
Nearest railway station Kalem 5.0 km
Nearest town Curchorem 6.4 km
District headquarters South Goa 15 km

Villages closest to Costi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Costi village had a population of 881. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents.

Costi village has 503 males and 378 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Costi has about 751 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Costi is 403704. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Costi covers 685 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Costi falls under Sanguem tehsil of South Goa district in Goa.

The nearest railway station to Costi is Kalem, about 5.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Costi is about 15 km from South Goa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Costi is in Sanguem tehsil of South Goa district. Sanguem is about 2.8 km away. Kalem is about 5.0 km away. Curchorem is about 6.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Muguli (1.9 km), Dudal (3.3 km) and Comproi (3.6 km).

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

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