About Basin Village

Basin is a mid sized village in Patan tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 797, made up of 395 males and 402 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 299.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491223, 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	Patan
Pincode	491223
Area (hectares)	299.19 hectares
Population	797
Male Population	395
Female Population	402
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
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 the 111th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents. Its 299.19 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

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 35 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Gundardehi, about 13 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
Nearest railway station	Gundardehi	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Patan	19 km
Nearest town	Dhamtari	26 km
District headquarters	Durg	35 km

Villages closest to Basin

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Patan 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 797. That makes it the 111th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents.

Basin village has 395 males and 402 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basin has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Basin is 491223. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basin covers 299.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basin falls under Patan tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Basin is Gundardehi, about 13 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 35 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 Patan tehsil of Durg district. Gundardehi is about 13 km away. Patan is about 19 km away. Dhamtari is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.