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About Batkonta Village

Batkonta is a small village in Bastanar tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 164, made up of 70 males and 94 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,343 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Batkonta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Batkonta village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bastanar
Pincode 494442
Area (hectares) 88.19 hectares
Population 164
Male Population 70
Female Population 94
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,343
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Batkonta compares

By the 2011 count Batkonta is the 38th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents. Its 88.19 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1096.

Getting to Batkonta

Batkonta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Batkonta as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Batkonta from other places

Batkonta lies about 35 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Dilmili, about 3.5 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 Batkonta
Nearest railway station Dilmili 3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Bastanar 14 km
District headquarters Bastar 35 km
Nearest town Jagdalpur 35 km

Villages closest to Batkonta

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

Common questions about Batkonta

As per the Census of India 2011, Batkonta village had a population of 164. That makes it the 38th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Batkonta village has 70 males and 94 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Batkonta has about 1343 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1096.

The pincode recorded for Batkonta is 494442. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Batkonta covers 88.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Batkonta falls under Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Batkonta is Dilmili, about 3.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Batkonta.

Batkonta is about 35 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Batkonta is in Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district. Dilmili is about 3.5 km away. Bastanar is about 14 km away. Bastar is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tangiyaghori (1.7 km), Chhotebodenar (2.0 km) and Goriyapal (2.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Batkonta today is likely to be higher.

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