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About Billori Village

Billori is a large village in Jagdalpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,275, made up of 1,605 males and 1,670 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1009.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Billori Overview

Census 2011 figures for Billori village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Jagdalpur
Pincode 494001
Area (hectares) 1009.5 hectares
Population 3,275
Male Population 1,605
Female Population 1,670
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,040
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Billori compares

By the 2011 count Billori is the 8th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents. Its 1009.5 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Billori

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

Billori lies about 22 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Nakti Semara, about 2.1 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 Billori
Nearest railway station Nakti Semara 2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Jagdalpur 5.7 km
District headquarters Bastar 22 km

Villages closest to Billori

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Billori village had a population of 3,275. That makes it the 8th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents.

Billori village has 1,605 males and 1,670 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Billori has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Billori is 494001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Billori covers 1009.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Billori falls under Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Billori is Nakti Semara, about 2.1 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Billori.

Billori is about 22 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Billori is in Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district. Nakti Semara is about 2.1 km away. Jagdalpur is about 5.7 km away. Bastar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhataguda (under 2 km), Kusumpal (under 2 km) and Adawal (2.7 km).

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

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