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About Basin Village

Basin is a mid sized village in Simga tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,029, made up of 522 males and 507 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 346.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494670, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basin village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Simga
Pincode 494670
Area (hectares) 346.6 hectares
Population 1,029
Male Population 522
Female Population 507
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 971
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basin compares

By the 2011 count Basin is the 80th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents. Its 346.6 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Basin

Basin is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basin as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Basin from other places

Basin lies about 54 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 13 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 Basin
Nearest railway station Hathbandh 13 km
Nearest town Bhātāpāra 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Simga 27 km
District headquarters Raipur 54 km

Villages closest to Basin

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

Common questions about Basin

As per the Census of India 2011, Basin village had a population of 1,029. That makes it the 80th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents.

Basin village has 522 males and 507 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basin has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Basin is 494670. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basin covers 346.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basin falls under Simga tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Basin is Hathbandh, about 13 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 <5 km distance for Basin.

Basin is about 54 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basin is in Simga tehsil of Raipur district. Hathbandh is about 13 km away. Bhātāpāra is about 15 km away. Simga is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhobnidih (1.6 km), Suhela (2.0 km) and Jhipan (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Basin today is likely to be higher.

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