About Bilai Village

Bilai is a mid sized village in Bemetara tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,507, made up of 776 males and 731 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 403.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491995, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bilai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bilai village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Bemetara
Pincode	491995
Area (hectares)	403.62 hectares
Population	1,507
Male Population	776
Female Population	731
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bilai compares

By the 2011 count Bilai is the 31st largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,007 residents. Its 403.62 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 Bilai

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

Bilai lies about 69 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 32 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 Bilai
Tehsil headquarters	Bemetara	5.1 km
Nearest town	Bemetāra	5.1 km
Nearest railway station	Hathbandh	32 km
District headquarters	Durg	69 km

Villages closest to Bilai

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 Bilai

As per the Census of India 2011, Bilai village had a population of 1,507. That makes it the 31st largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,007 residents.

Bilai village has 776 males and 731 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bilai has about 942 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 Bilai is 491995. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bilai covers 403.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bilai falls under Bemetara tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bilai is Hathbandh, about 32 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 Bilai.

Bilai is about 69 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bilai is in Bemetara tehsil of Durg district. Bemetara is about 5.1 km away. Bemetāra is about 5.1 km away. Hathbandh is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.