About Basantala Village

Basantala is a mid sized village in Kunkuri tehsil, in the district of Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,276, made up of 598 males and 678 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,134 females per 1000 males. The village covers 534.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basantala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantala village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Jashpur
Tehsil	Kunkuri
Pincode	496334
Area (hectares)	534.68 hectares
Population	1,276
Male Population	598
Female Population	678
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,134
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basantala compares

By the 2011 count Basantala is the 20th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 905 residents. Its 534.68 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Basantala

Basantala is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basantala 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 Basantala from other places

Basantala lies about 30 km from Jashpur, and the nearest railway station is Biramitrapur, about 56 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 Basantala
Nearest town	Simdega	25 km
District headquarters	Jashpur	30 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kunkuri	34 km
Nearest railway station	Biramitrapur	56 km

Villages closest to Basantala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basantala village had a population of 1,276. That makes it the 20th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 905 residents.

Basantala village has 598 males and 678 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantala has about 1134 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Basantala is 496334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantala covers 534.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basantala falls under Kunkuri tehsil of Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Basantala is Biramitrapur, about 56 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 Basantala.

Basantala is about 30 km from Jashpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantala is in Kunkuri tehsil of Jashpur district. Simdega is about 25 km away. Jashpur is about 30 km away. Kunkuri is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.