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About Butbani Village

Butbani is a small village in Narharpur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 457, made up of 217 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,106 females per 1000 males. The village covers 531.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494635, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Butbani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Butbani village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Narharpur
Pincode 494635
Area (hectares) 531.65 hectares
Population 457
Male Population 217
Female Population 240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,106
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Butbani compares

By the 2011 count Butbani is the 91st largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 531.65 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1050.

Getting to Butbani

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

Butbani lies about 49 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker. 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 Butbani
Tehsil headquarters Narharpur 4.5 km
Nearest town Dhamtari 26 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 49 km

Villages closest to Butbani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Butbani village had a population of 457. That makes it the 91st largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Butbani village has 217 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Butbani has about 1106 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1050.

The pincode recorded for Butbani is 494635. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Butbani covers 531.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Butbani falls under Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Butbani notes the nearest railway station 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 Butbani.

Butbani is about 49 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.

Butbani is in Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Narharpur is about 4.5 km away. Dhamtari is about 26 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maradeo (under 2 km), Surahi (2.5 km) and Marwadi (3.5 km).

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

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