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About Koste Village

Koste is a mid sized village in Kirnapur tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,973, made up of 937 males and 1,036 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,106 females per 1000 males. The village covers 419.88 hectares hectares.

Koste Overview

Census 2011 figures for Koste village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Kirnapur
Area (hectares) 419.88 hectares
Population 1,973
Male Population 937
Female Population 1,036
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,106
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Koste compares

By the 2011 count Koste is the 29th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 419.88 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Koste

Koste is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Koste as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Koste from other places

Koste lies about 22 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Khara, about 9.1 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 Koste
Tehsil headquarters Kirnapur 4.9 km
Nearest railway station Khara 9.1 km
District headquarters Balaghat 22 km
Nearest town Bālāghāt 22 km

Villages closest to Koste

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Koste village had a population of 1,973. That makes it the 29th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Koste village has 937 males and 1,036 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Koste has about 1106 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

Koste covers 419.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Koste falls under Kirnapur tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Koste is Khara, about 9.1 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 within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Koste.

Koste is about 22 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Koste is in Kirnapur tehsil of Balaghat district. Kirnapur is about 4.9 km away. Khara is about 9.1 km away. Balaghat is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Deogaon (2.0 km), Mauda (2.2 km) and Kotari (2.9 km).

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

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