About Basni Village

Basni is a mid sized village in Bemetara tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,201, made up of 623 males and 578 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 527.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basni village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Bemetara
Pincode	491335
Area (hectares)	527.09 hectares
Population	1,201
Male Population	623
Female Population	578
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	928
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basni compares

By the 2011 count Basni is the 54th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,007 residents. Its 527.09 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Basni

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

Basni lies about 61 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Tilda-Neora, about 24 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 Basni
Tehsil headquarters	Bemetara	9.1 km
Nearest town	Bemetāra	9.1 km
Nearest railway station	Tilda-Neora	24 km
District headquarters	Durg	61 km

Villages closest to Basni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basni village had a population of 1,201. That makes it the 54th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,007 residents.

Basni village has 623 males and 578 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basni has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Basni is 491335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basni covers 527.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basni falls under Bemetara tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Basni is Tilda-Neora, about 24 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 Basni.

Basni is about 61 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basni is in Bemetara tehsil of Durg district. Bemetara is about 9.1 km away. Bemetāra is about 9.1 km away. Tilda-Neora is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.