About Bilkhand Village

Bilkhand is a mid sized village in Basna tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 986, made up of 454 males and 532 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,172 females per 1000 males. The village covers 309.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493555, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bilkhand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bilkhand village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Basna
Pincode	493555
Area (hectares)	309.77 hectares
Population	986
Male Population	454
Female Population	532
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,172
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bilkhand compares

By the 2011 count Bilkhand is the 45th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 767 residents. Its 309.77 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 Bilkhand

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

Bilkhand lies about 82 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Baradwar, about 62 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 Bilkhand
Tehsil headquarters	Basna	20 km
Nearest town	Saraipali	27 km
Nearest railway station	Baradwar	62 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	82 km

Villages closest to Bilkhand

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 Bilkhand

As per the Census of India 2011, Bilkhand village had a population of 986. That makes it the 45th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 767 residents.

Bilkhand village has 454 males and 532 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bilkhand has about 1172 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Bilkhand is 493555. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bilkhand covers 309.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bilkhand falls under Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bilkhand is Baradwar, about 62 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 Bilkhand.

Bilkhand is about 82 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bilkhand is in Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district. Basna is about 20 km away. Saraipali is about 27 km away. Baradwar is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.