About Paita Village

Paita is a mid sized village in Basna tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 584, made up of 291 males and 293 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 268.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paita Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paita village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Basna
Pincode	493554
Area (hectares)	268.19 hectares
Population	584
Male Population	291
Female Population	293
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,007
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Paita compares

By the 2011 count Paita is the 127th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 767 residents. Its 268.19 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 1016.

Getting to Paita

Paita is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Paita as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Paita from other places

Paita lies about 84 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Komakhan railway station, about 61 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 Paita
Tehsil headquarters	Basna	14 km
Nearest town	Saraipali	20 km
Nearest railway station	Komakhan railway station	61 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	84 km

Villages closest to Paita

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 Paita

As per the Census of India 2011, Paita village had a population of 584. That makes it the 127th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 767 residents.

Paita village has 291 males and 293 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paita has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1016.

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

Paita covers 268.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Paita falls under Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Paita is Komakhan railway station, about 61 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 10+ km distance for Paita.

Paita is about 84 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paita is in Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district. Basna is about 14 km away. Saraipali is about 20 km away. Komakhan railway station is about 61 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.