About Butena Village

Butena is a mid sized village in Takhatpur tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 833, made up of 424 males and 409 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 284.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Butena Overview

Census 2011 figures for Butena village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Takhatpur
Pincode	495220
Area (hectares)	284.12 hectares
Population	833
Male Population	424
Female Population	409
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	965
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Butena compares

By the 2011 count Butena is the 112th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents. Its 284.12 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 976.

Getting to Butena

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

Butena lies about 39 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 22 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 Butena
Tehsil headquarters	Takhatpur	14 km
Nearest railway station	Kargi Road	22 km
Nearest town	Mungeli	25 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	39 km

Villages closest to Butena

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Butena village had a population of 833. That makes it the 112th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents.

Butena village has 424 males and 409 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Butena has about 965 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 976.

The pincode recorded for Butena is 495220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Butena covers 284.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Butena falls under Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Butena is Kargi Road, about 22 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 Butena.

Butena is about 39 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Butena is in Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district. Takhatpur is about 14 km away. Kargi Road is about 22 km away. Mungeli is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.