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About Basin Village

Basin is a mid sized village in Gurur tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,742, made up of 870 males and 872 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 311.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basin village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Gurur
Pincode 491227
Area (hectares) 311.94 hectares
Population 1,742
Male Population 870
Female Population 872
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,002
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basin compares

By the 2011 count Basin is the 23rd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents. Its 311.94 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1022.

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 <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 Basin from other places

Basin lies about 49 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtari, about 14 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 Gurur 11 km
Nearest railway station Dhamtari 14 km
District headquarters Durg 49 km

Villages closest to Basin

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basin village had a population of 1,742. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents.

Basin village has 870 males and 872 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basin has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Basin is 491227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basin covers 311.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basin falls under Gurur tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Basin is Dhamtari, about 14 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 Basin.

Basin is about 49 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basin is in Gurur tehsil of Durg district. Gurur is about 11 km away. Dhamtari is about 14 km away. Durg is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gangoripar (under 2 km), Dadhari (1.6 km) and Titurgahan (1.8 km).

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

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