About Bail Village

Bail is a mid sized village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 661, made up of 321 males and 340 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 379.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494450, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bail village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Farasgaon
Pincode	494450
Area (hectares)	379.88 hectares
Population	661
Male Population	321
Female Population	340
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,059
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bail compares

By the 2011 count Bail is the 53rd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 379.88 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Bail

Bail is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bail as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Bail from other places

Bail lies about 81 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 54 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 Bail
Tehsil headquarters	Farasgaon	5.9 km
Nearest town	Kondagaon	31 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	54 km
District headquarters	Bastar	81 km

Villages closest to Bail

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bail village had a population of 661. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Bail village has 321 males and 340 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bail has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Bail is 494450. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bail covers 379.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bail falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bail is Antagarh, about 54 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 5 - 10 km distance for Bail.

Bail is about 81 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bail is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Farasgaon is about 5.9 km away. Kondagaon is about 31 km away. Antagarh is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.