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About Basawar Village

Basawar is a small village in Chhuikhadan tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 371, made up of 182 males and 189 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 341.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491888, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basawar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basawar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Chhuikhadan
Pincode 491888
Area (hectares) 341.02 hectares
Population 371
Male Population 182
Female Population 189
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,038
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basawar compares

By the 2011 count Basawar is the 149th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 694 residents. Its 341.02 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Basawar

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

Basawar lies about 69 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Rasmara, about 58 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 Basawar
Tehsil headquarters Chhuikhadan 23 km
Nearest town Khairāgarh 35 km
Nearest railway station Rasmara 58 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 69 km

Villages closest to Basawar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basawar village had a population of 371. That makes it the 149th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 694 residents.

Basawar village has 182 males and 189 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basawar has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Basawar is 491888. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basawar covers 341.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basawar falls under Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Basawar is Rasmara, about 58 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 Basawar.

Basawar is about 69 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basawar is in Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuikhadan is about 23 km away. Khairāgarh is about 35 km away. Rasmara is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhaba (under 2 km), Nadiya (2.1 km) and Limo (2.8 km).

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

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