About Basti Village

Basti is a mid sized village in Pendra Road Gorella tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,311, made up of 668 males and 643 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 841.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basti village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Pendra Road Gorella
Pincode	495119
Area (hectares)	841.96 hectares
Population	1,311
Male Population	668
Female Population	643
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	963
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basti compares

By the 2011 count Basti is the 32nd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 841.96 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Basti

Basti is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basti as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Badhawandand, Bagra, Banghat and Banjhorka. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Basti

As per the Census of India 2011, Basti village had a population of 1,311. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Basti village has 668 males and 643 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basti has about 963 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Basti is 495119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basti covers 841.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basti falls under Pendra Road Gorella tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Basti notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Basti.

Basti is in Pendra Road Gorella tehsil of Bilaspur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.