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About Koste Village

Koste is a large village in Waraseoni tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,394, made up of 1,647 males and 1,747 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,061 females per 1000 males. The village covers 746.66 hectares hectares.

Koste Overview

Census 2011 figures for Koste village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Waraseoni
Area (hectares) 746.66 hectares
Population 3,394
Male Population 1,647
Female Population 1,747
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,061
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Koste compares

By the 2011 count Koste is the 9th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents. Its 746.66 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Koste

Koste 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 Koste as Available within village. 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 Koste from other places

Koste lies about 14 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Waraseoni, about 3.6 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
Nearest railway station Waraseoni 3.6 km
Nearest town Wārāseonī 4.0 km
District headquarters Balaghat 14 km

Villages closest to Koste

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Waraseoni 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 3,394. That makes it the 9th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents.

Koste village has 1,647 males and 1,747 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Koste has about 1061 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1019.

Koste covers 746.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Koste is Waraseoni, about 3.6 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Koste.

Koste is about 14 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 Waraseoni tehsil of Balaghat district. Waraseoni is about 3.6 km away. Wārāseonī is about 4.0 km away. Balaghat is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maharajpur (1.7 km), Sikandra (2.2 km) and Madanpur (2.7 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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