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About Batana Village

Batana is a mid sized village in Kirnapur tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 576, made up of 267 males and 309 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,157 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1009.45 hectares hectares.

Batana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Batana village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Kirnapur
Area (hectares) 1009.45 hectares
Population 576
Male Population 267
Female Population 309
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,157
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Batana compares

By the 2011 count Batana is the 93rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 1009.45 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 1024.

Getting to Batana

Batana is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Batana as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Batana from other places

Batana lies about 36 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Nagradham P.H., about 5.6 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 Batana
Nearest railway station Nagradham P.H. 5.6 km
Nearest town Gondiā 7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Kirnapur 16 km
District headquarters Balaghat 36 km

Villages closest to Batana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Batana village had a population of 576. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Batana village has 267 males and 309 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Batana has about 1157 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

Batana covers 1009.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Batana falls under Kirnapur tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Batana is Nagradham P.H., about 5.6 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Batana.

Batana is about 36 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Batana is in Kirnapur tehsil of Balaghat district. Nagradham P.H. is about 5.6 km away. Gondiā is about 7.6 km away. Kirnapur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Katangi (5.4 km), Dhoriya Paraswada (5.9 km) and Paraswada (5.9 km).

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

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