Masturi Tehsil - Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh

Masturi is an administrative tehsil in the Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and forms part of the district's rural administration. The nearest railway station is situated at Jairamnagar, while the nearest airport is Bilaspur Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 16.4 km.

According to the 2011 Census, the total area of the tehsil was 854 km², including 839.70 km² of rural area and 14.24 km² of urban area. The sex ratio was 985 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Masturi Tehsil

Masturi Tehsil has a total of 51 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Tehsil, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.Village NameCategoryGram Panchayat
1AkolaRuralAkola
2AnkdihRuralAnkhdih
3BakarkudaRuralBakarkuda
4BeltukariRuralBeltukari
5BetariRuralJaitpur
6BhadauraRuralBhadoura
7BhanesarRuralBhaneshar
8BhelaiRuralBhilai
9BinaikaRuralDagniya
10BudhikharRuralBudhikhar
11ChakarbedhaRuralChakarbedha
12ChauhaRuralChouha
13DaldaliRuralDodaki
14DanganiyaRuralDagniya
15DarrighatRuralDarrighat
16DeogaonRuralDevgaon
17DodkiRuralDodaki
18EntawaRuralItwa
19GatauraRuralGatoura
20HirriRuralHirri
21Jairam NagarRuralJairamnagar
22JaitpurRuralJaitpur
23KarraRuralKarra
24KhapriRuralKokadi
25KhorasiRuralMudpar (Khorsi)
26KhudubhathaRuralKhudubhata
27KirariRuralKirari
28KoharaudaRuralKohrauda
29KoniRuralKoni
30KosamdhiRuralKosamdih
31LawarRuralLawar
32LimtaraRuralLimtara
33MalharUrbanNot applicable
34MasturiRuralMasturi
35MatiyaRuralMatiya
36MohatraRuralMohtara
37MudparRuralMudpar (Khorsi)
38NawagaonRuralTikari
39PaliRuralPali
40ParaghatRuralParaghat
41ParsadaRuralParsada Kisan
42ParsadabedRuralParsada Ved
43PathartalRuralBakarkuda
44PendariRuralPendri
45RaliyaRuralRaliya
46RisdaRuralRisda
47SargawanRuralSargawa
48SarseniRuralSarseni
49ThemhaparRuralChakarbedha
50TikariRuralTikari
51VidyadihRuralVidyadih

Population of Masturi Tehsil

According to the 2011 Census, Masturi Tehsil had a total population of 2,97,726 people living in 66,739 households. The population comprised 1,49,980 males and 1,47,746 females, with an average population density of 349 people per km². The table below provides a rural-urban comparison of these statistics.

CategoryTotalRuralUrban
Total Population2,97,7262,89,2218,505
Male Population1,49,9801,45,5704,410
Female Population1,47,7461,43,6514,095
Total Households66,73965,1461,593
Population Density349 / km²344 / km²597 / km²

Masturi Tehsil had 1,72,013 literate people and 45,828 children in the 0–6 age group. Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) populations were 86,228 and 39,665 respectively. The table below presents their rural and urban distribution.

CategoryTotalRuralUrban
Child Population (Age 0–6)45,82844,6251,203
Literate Population1,72,0131,67,4694,544
Illiterate Population1,25,7131,21,7523,961
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population86,22884,7921,436
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population39,66539,068597

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.