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About Kosmi Village

Kosmi is a mid sized village in Katangi tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,715, made up of 857 males and 858 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,001 females per 1000 males. The village covers 346 hectares hectares.

Kosmi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kosmi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Katangi
Area (hectares) 346 hectares
Population 1,715
Male Population 857
Female Population 858
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,001
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kosmi compares

By the 2011 count Kosmi is the 20th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents. Its 346 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1040.

Getting to Kosmi

Kosmi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kosmi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Kosmi from other places

Kosmi lies about 34 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Lakhanwara, about 2.0 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 Kosmi
Nearest railway station Lakhanwara 2.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Katangi 5.6 km
Nearest town Wārāseonī 20 km
District headquarters Balaghat 34 km

Villages closest to Kosmi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kosmi village had a population of 1,715. That makes it the 20th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents.

Kosmi village has 857 males and 858 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kosmi has about 1001 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1040.

Kosmi covers 346 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kosmi falls under Katangi tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kosmi is Lakhanwara, about 2.0 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 within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kosmi.

Kosmi is about 34 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kosmi is in Katangi tehsil of Balaghat district. Lakhanwara is about 2.0 km away. Katangi is about 5.6 km away. Wārāseonī is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Katera (2.1 km), Bopli (2.3 km) and Ujad Bopli (2.3 km).

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

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