About Deswali Basti Village

Deswali Basti is a small village in Katigora tehsil, in the district of Cachar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 101, made up of 60 males and 41 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 683 females per 1000 males. The village covers 50 hectares hectares.

Deswali Basti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Deswali Basti village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Cachar
Tehsil	Katigora
Area (hectares)	50 hectares
Population	101
Male Population	60
Female Population	41
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	683
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Deswali Basti compares

By the 2011 count Deswali Basti is the 199th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,289 residents. Its 50 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Deswali Basti

Deswali Basti is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Deswali Basti as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Deswali Basti from other places

Deswali Basti lies about 30 km from Cachar, and the nearest railway station is Ditokcherra, about under 2 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 Deswali Basti
Nearest railway station	Ditokcherra	under 2 km
Nearest town	Hāflong	23 km
District headquarters	Cachar	30 km
Tehsil headquarters	Katigora	31 km

Villages closest to Deswali Basti

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Katigora 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 Deswali Basti

As per the Census of India 2011, Deswali Basti village had a population of 101. That makes it the 199th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,289 residents.

Deswali Basti village has 60 males and 41 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Deswali Basti has about 683 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

Deswali Basti covers 50 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Deswali Basti falls under Katigora tehsil of Cachar district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Deswali Basti is Ditokcherra, about under 2 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Deswali Basti.

Deswali Basti is about 30 km from Cachar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Deswali Basti is in Katigora tehsil of Cachar district. Ditokcherra is about under 2 km away. Hāflong is about 23 km away. Cachar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.