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Villagers Clash Over Converted Woman's Last Rites In Chhattisgarh's Kanker
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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KOSI USENDI
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- LGD code
- 449911
- Pincode
- 494661
- Post office
- Narayanpur (Narayanpur)
- Population
- 70
- Households
- 18
- Literacy rate
- 11.4%
- Sex ratio
- 795 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 43
- Distance to district centre
- 22 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 19 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 216 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 354 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dantewara · 57 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kasturmeta compares
By population, Kasturmeta ranks #68 of 149 villages in Kohkameta mandal.
Literacy rate
%
11.4%
−18.0% vs mandal average
- Kasturmeta
- 11.4%
- Kohkameta mandal
- 29.4%
- Narayanpur district
- 40.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
795
−154 vs mandal average
- Kasturmeta
- 795
- Kohkameta mandal
- 949
Household size
people per home
3.9
−1.3 vs mandal average
- Kasturmeta
- 3.9
- Kohkameta mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kasturmeta at a glance
Kasturmeta is a village of 70 people in 18 households (Census 2011) in Kohkameta tehsil, Narayanpur district, Chhattisgarh, the 68th-largest of 149 villages in Kohkameta tehsil. Literacy is 11%, 18 points below the tehsil average of 29% and the sex ratio is 795 women per 1,000 men. It lies 22 km from the Narayanpur district centre, 57 km from Dantewara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 494661, served by Narayanpur (Narayanpur) post office; the LGD village code is 449911. The sarpanch is KOSI USENDI. The population is estimated at 83 in 2026, up 19% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Kasturmeta
- LGD code
- 449911
- Pincode
- 494661
- Post office
- Narayanpur (Narayanpur)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 70
- Population (projected 2026)
- 83
- Households
- 18
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 795
- Literacy rate
- 11.4%
- Coordinates
- 19.37106°N, 81.10922°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bastar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Narayanpur
- Member of Parliament
- Mahesh Kashyap
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KOSI USENDI
- Block / Mandal
- Kohkameta
Getting there
How to reach Kasturmeta
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur216 kmcapital
- Hyderabad354 km
- Chennai705 km
- Bengaluru804 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDantewara57 km
- CollegeLok Biradari School and College57 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
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