About Kastala Village

Kastala is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,627, made up of 851 males and 776 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 298.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743373, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kastala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kastala village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Sagar
Pincode	743373
Area (hectares)	298.67 hectares
Population	1,627
Male Population	851
Female Population	776
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kastala compares

By the 2011 count Kastala is the 39th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 5,048 residents. Its 298.67 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Kastala

Kastala is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kastala 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kastala from other places

Kastala lies about 33 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Uluberia, about 16 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 Kastala
Nearest town	Pujali	15 km
Nearest railway station	Uluberia	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sagar	33 km
District headquarters	South Twenty Four Parganas	33 km

Villages closest to Kastala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kastala village had a population of 1,627. That makes it the 39th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,048 residents.

Kastala village has 851 males and 776 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kastala has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Kastala is 743373. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kastala covers 298.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kastala falls under Sagar tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Kastala is Uluberia, about 16 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 village for Kastala.

Kastala is about 33 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kastala is in Sagar tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Pujali is about 15 km away. Uluberia is about 16 km away. Sagar is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.