About Basla Village

Basla is a mid sized village in Bhanupratappur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,313, made up of 641 males and 672 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 923.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493663, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basla village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Bhanupratappur
Pincode	493663
Area (hectares)	923.93 hectares
Population	1,313
Male Population	641
Female Population	672
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,048
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basla compares

By the 2011 count Basla is the 16th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 787 residents. Its 923.93 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1044.

Getting to Basla

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

Basla lies about 20 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Bhanupratappur, about 4.8 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 Basla
Nearest railway station	Bhanupratappur	4.8 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	20 km
Nearest town	Dalli Rājhara	36 km

Villages closest to Basla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basla village had a population of 1,313. That makes it the 16th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 787 residents.

Basla village has 641 males and 672 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basla has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1044.

The pincode recorded for Basla is 493663. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basla covers 923.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basla falls under Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Basla is Bhanupratappur, about 4.8 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 Basla.

Basla is about 20 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basla is in Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Bhanupratappur is about 4.8 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 20 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.