About Basti Village

Basti is a mid sized village in Baikunthpur tehsil, in the district of Koriya, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 789, made up of 381 males and 408 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,071 females per 1000 males. The village covers 248.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basti village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Koriya
Tehsil	Baikunthpur
Pincode	497335
Area (hectares)	248.92 hectares
Population	789
Male Population	381
Female Population	408
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,071
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basti compares

By the 2011 count Basti is the 59th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,012 residents. Its 248.92 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Basti

Basti is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basti as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Ani, Badgaon, Bakira and Bardiya. 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.

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Common questions about Basti

As per the Census of India 2011, Basti village had a population of 789. That makes it the 59th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,012 residents.

Basti village has 381 males and 408 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basti has about 1071 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Basti is 497335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basti covers 248.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basti falls under Baikunthpur tehsil of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Basti 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 5 - 10 km distance for Basti.

Basti is in Baikunthpur tehsil of Koriya 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.