About Basin Village

Basin is a mid sized village in Pathariya tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 690, made up of 344 males and 346 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 260.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basin village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Pathariya
Pincode	495224
Area (hectares)	260.22 hectares
Population	690
Male Population	344
Female Population	346
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basin compares

By the 2011 count Basin is the 103rd largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents. Its 260.22 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Basin

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

Basin lies about 36 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Bhatapara, about 10 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 Basin
Nearest town	Bhātāpāra	9.7 km
Nearest railway station	Bhatapara	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pathariya	24 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	36 km

Villages closest to Basin

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basin village had a population of 690. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents.

Basin village has 344 males and 346 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basin has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Basin is 495224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basin covers 260.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basin falls under Pathariya tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Basin is Bhatapara, about 10 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 Basin.

Basin is about 36 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basin is in Pathariya tehsil of Bilaspur district. Bhātāpāra is about 9.7 km away. Bhatapara is about 10 km away. Pathariya is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.