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About Basin Village

Basin is a mid sized village in Saja tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 828, made up of 414 males and 414 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 271.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491993, 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 Saja
Pincode 491993
Area (hectares) 271.95 hectares
Population 828
Male Population 414
Female Population 414
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 56th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 944 residents. Its 271.95 hectares work out to about 3.0 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 1009.

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 45 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Bhilai Power House, about 44 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 Saja 8.0 km
Nearest town Bemetāra 28 km
Nearest railway station Bhilai Power House 44 km
District headquarters Durg 45 km

Villages closest to Basin

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Saja 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 828. That makes it the 56th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 944 residents.

Basin village has 414 males and 414 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basin has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Basin is 491993. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basin covers 271.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basin falls under Saja tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Basin is Bhilai Power House, about 44 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 45 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 Saja tehsil of Durg district. Saja is about 8.0 km away. Bemetāra is about 28 km away. Bhilai Power House is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhojepara (under 2 km), Mohgaon (under 2 km) and Budhwara (under 2 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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