About Basin Village

Basin is a small village in Nagri tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 78, made up of 36 males and 42 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,167 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493778, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basin village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Tehsil	Nagri
Pincode	493778
Area (hectares)	80.7 hectares
Population	78
Male Population	36
Female Population	42
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,167
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basin compares

By the 2011 count Basin is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 687 residents. Its 80.7 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

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 village. 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 82 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Lakhna, about 75 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
Tehsil headquarters	Nagri	24 km
Nearest town	Umarkot	65 km
Nearest railway station	Lakhna	75 km
District headquarters	Dhamtari	82 km

Villages closest to Basin

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nagri 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 78. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 687 residents.

Basin village has 36 males and 42 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basin has about 1167 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Basin is 493778. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basin covers 80.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basin falls under Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Basin is Lakhna, about 75 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 village for Basin.

Basin is about 82 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basin is in Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district. Nagri is about 24 km away. Umarkot is about 65 km away. Lakhna is about 75 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.