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About Butanga Village

Butanga is a small village in Bagicha tehsil, in the district of Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 289, made up of 157 males and 132 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 841 females per 1000 males. The village covers 340.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Butanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Butanga village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Jashpur
Tehsil Bagicha
Pincode 496224
Area (hectares) 340.59 hectares
Population 289
Male Population 157
Female Population 132
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 841
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Butanga compares

By the 2011 count Butanga is the 128th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents. Its 340.59 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Butanga

Butanga is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Butanga 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. The nearest villages by name are Bimda, Bisodi, Bodapahri and Budhadand. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Butanga

As per the Census of India 2011, Butanga village had a population of 289. That makes it the 128th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents.

Butanga village has 157 males and 132 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Butanga has about 841 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Butanga is 496224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Butanga covers 340.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Butanga falls under Bagicha tehsil of Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Butanga notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Butanga.

Butanga is in Bagicha tehsil of Jashpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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