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CJP chief Dipke visits tribal families in MP's Balaghat, seeks accountability over child deaths
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
YOGESH TEKAM
Contact: 93****9070
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- LGD code
- 497418
- Pincode
- 481331
- Post office
- Waraseoni
- Population
- 3,394
- Households
- 826
- Literacy rate
- 73.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1061 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,661
- Distance to district centre
- 59 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 60 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 322 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 513 km
- Nearest railway station
- Waraseoni · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Civil Hospital Waraseoni · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Koste compares
By population, Koste ranks #9 of 78 villages in Waraseoni mandal.
Literacy rate
%
73.7%
+4.5% vs mandal average
- Koste
- 73.7%
- Waraseoni mandal
- 69.2%
- Balaghat district
- 67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,061
+40 vs mandal average
- Koste
- 1,061
- Waraseoni mandal
- 1,021
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Koste
- 4.1
- Waraseoni mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Koste at a glance
Koste is a village of 3,394 people in 826 households (Census 2011) in Waraseoni tehsil, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, the 9th-largest of 78 villages in Waraseoni tehsil. Literacy is 74%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 69% and the sex ratio is 1,061 women per 1,000 men. It lies 59 km from the Balaghat district centre, 40 km from Ashti, the nearest town, 4 km from Waraseoni railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481331, served by Waraseoni post office; the LGD village code is 497418. The nearest hospital or health centre is Civil Hospital Waraseoni, 4 km away. The sarpanch is YOGESH TEKAM, and the village votes in Barghat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kamal Marskole. The population is estimated at 4,002 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Koste
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 9
- Power hours (winter)
- 9
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- WARASEONI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 3
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 19
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 746.66
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 630.11
- Forest area (ha)
- 25.06
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Koste
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Koste
- LGD code
- 497418
- Pincode
- 481331
- Post office
- Waraseoni
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,394
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,002
- Households
- 826
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1061
- Literacy rate
- 73.7%
- Coordinates
- 21.74377°N, 80.08458°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Balaghat
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Barghat
- Member of Parliament
- Bharti Pardhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kamal Marskole
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- YOGESH TEKAM
- Block / Mandal
- Waraseoni
Getting there
How to reach Koste
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal322 kmcapital
- Hyderabad513 km
- Mumbai807 km
- Delhi817 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationWaraseoni4 km
- Bus stopBalaghat Bus Stand13 km
- Hospital / PHCCivil Hospital Waraseoni4 km
- ATM / bankAxis Bank13 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petrolium13 km
- CollegeMitali Institute of Nursing14 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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