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About Besoli Village

Besoli is a mid sized village in Bastar tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 568, made up of 274 males and 294 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,073 females per 1000 males. The village covers 184.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Besoli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Besoli village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bastar
Pincode 494224
Area (hectares) 184.05 hectares
Population 568
Male Population 274
Female Population 294
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,073
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Besoli compares

By the 2011 count Besoli is the 89th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents. Its 184.05 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Besoli

Besoli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Besoli as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Besoli from other places

Besoli lies about 20 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Bade Arapur, about 36 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 Besoli
Tehsil headquarters Bastar 20 km
Nearest town Kondagaon 32 km
Nearest railway station Bade Arapur 36 km

Villages closest to Besoli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Besoli village had a population of 568. That makes it the 89th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents.

Besoli village has 274 males and 294 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Besoli has about 1073 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Besoli is 494224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Besoli covers 184.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Besoli falls under Bastar tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Besoli is Bade Arapur, about 36 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 village for Besoli.

Besoli is about 20 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Besoli is in Bastar tehsil of Bastar district. Bastar is about 20 km away. Kondagaon is about 32 km away. Bade Arapur is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kohkaseoni (7.3 km), Seoni (7.3 km) and Munjla (8.1 km).

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

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