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About Basni Village

Basni is a mid sized village in Dhamdha tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,299, made up of 671 males and 628 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 797.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491331, 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 Dhamdha
Pincode 491331
Area (hectares) 797.18 hectares
Population 1,299
Male Population 671
Female Population 628
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 936
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basni compares

By the 2011 count Basni is the 61st largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents. Its 797.18 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

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 <5 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 Basni from other places

Basni lies about 26 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Bhilai Power House, 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 Dhamdha 3.3 km
Nearest town Ahīwāra 12 km
Nearest railway station Bhilai Power House 24 km
District headquarters Durg 26 km

Villages closest to Basni

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

Common questions about Basni

As per the Census of India 2011, Basni village had a population of 1,299. That makes it the 61st largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents.

Basni village has 671 males and 628 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basni has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Basni is 491331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basni covers 797.18 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.

Basni falls under Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Basni is Bhilai Power House, 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 <5 km distance for Basni.

Basni is about 26 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 Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district. Dhamdha is about 3.3 km away. Ahīwāra is about 12 km away. Bhilai Power House is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pandora (under 2 km), Kareli (1.9 km) and Maharajpur (3.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Basni today is likely to be higher.

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