About Bichhiya Village

Bichhiya is a mid sized village in Basna tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,570, made up of 757 males and 813 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,074 females per 1000 males. The village covers 492.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bichhiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bichhiya village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Basna
Pincode	493554
Area (hectares)	492.42 hectares
Population	1,570
Male Population	757
Female Population	813
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,074
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bichhiya compares

By the 2011 count Bichhiya is the 11th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 767 residents. Its 492.42 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 1016.

Getting to Bichhiya

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

Bichhiya lies about 95 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Jharadih, about 68 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 Bichhiya
Nearest town	Saraipali	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Basna	18 km
Nearest railway station	Jharadih	68 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	95 km

Villages closest to Bichhiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bichhiya village had a population of 1,570. That makes it the 11th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 767 residents.

Bichhiya village has 757 males and 813 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bichhiya has about 1074 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Bichhiya is 493554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bichhiya covers 492.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bichhiya falls under Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bichhiya is Jharadih, about 68 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 Bichhiya.

Bichhiya is about 95 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bichhiya is in Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district. Saraipali is about 10 km away. Basna is about 18 km away. Jharadih is about 68 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.