About Kesalwada Village

Kesalwada is a small village in Goharganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 306, made up of 165 males and 141 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 249.22 hectares hectares.

Kesalwada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kesalwada village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Goharganj
Area (hectares)	249.22 hectares
Population	306
Male Population	165
Female Population	141
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	855
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kesalwada compares

By the 2011 count Kesalwada is the 160th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 719 residents. Its 249.22 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 911.

Getting to Kesalwada

Kesalwada is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kesalwada as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Kesalwada from other places

Kesalwada lies about 48 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Obaidullaganj, about 5.5 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 Kesalwada
Nearest railway station	Obaidullaganj	5.5 km
Nearest town	Ubaidullāhganj	5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goharganj	14 km
District headquarters	Raisen	48 km

Villages closest to Kesalwada

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kesalwada village had a population of 306. That makes it the 160th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 719 residents.

Kesalwada village has 165 males and 141 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kesalwada has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 911.

Kesalwada covers 249.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kesalwada falls under Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kesalwada is Obaidullaganj, about 5.5 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kesalwada.

Kesalwada is about 48 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kesalwada is in Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district. Obaidullaganj is about 5.5 km away. Ubaidullāhganj is about 5.7 km away. Goharganj is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.