About Botha Village

Botha is a small village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 323, made up of 159 males and 164 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 161.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494448, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Botha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Botha village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Farasgaon
Pincode	494448
Area (hectares)	161.91 hectares
Population	323
Male Population	159
Female Population	164
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,031
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Botha compares

By the 2011 count Botha is the 90th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 161.91 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Botha

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

Botha lies about 83 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 48 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 Botha
Tehsil headquarters	Farasgaon	15 km
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	29 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	48 km
District headquarters	Bastar	83 km

Villages closest to Botha

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 Botha

As per the Census of India 2011, Botha village had a population of 323. That makes it the 90th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Botha village has 159 males and 164 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Botha has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Botha is 494448. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Botha covers 161.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Botha falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Botha is Antagarh, about 48 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 Botha.

Botha is about 83 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Botha is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Farasgaon is about 15 km away. Nārāinpur is about 29 km away. Antagarh is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.