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About Bansgaon Village

Bansgaon is a mid sized village in Kondagaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,094, made up of 544 males and 550 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 827.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bansgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bansgaon village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Kondagaon
Pincode 494226
Area (hectares) 827.45 hectares
Population 1,094
Male Population 544
Female Population 550
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bansgaon compares

By the 2011 count Bansgaon is the 50th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 827.45 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Bansgaon

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

Bansgaon lies about 80 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 60 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 Bansgaon
Tehsil headquarters Kondagaon 32 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 60 km
District headquarters Bastar 80 km

Villages closest to Bansgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bansgaon village had a population of 1,094. That makes it the 50th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Bansgaon village has 544 males and 550 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bansgaon has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Bansgaon is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bansgaon covers 827.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bansgaon falls under Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bansgaon is Antagarh, about 60 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 Bansgaon.

Bansgaon is about 80 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bansgaon is in Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district. Kondagaon is about 32 km away. Antagarh is about 60 km away. Bastar is about 80 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Farasgaon (4.2 km), Singanpur (11 km) and Mohlai (12 km).

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

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