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About Bothali Village

Bothali is a mid sized village in Lanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,474, made up of 724 males and 750 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 310.08 hectares hectares.

Bothali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bothali village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Lanji
Area (hectares) 310.08 hectares
Population 1,474
Male Population 724
Female Population 750
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bothali compares

By the 2011 count Bothali is the 46th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents. Its 310.08 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Bothali

Bothali is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bothali as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Bothali from other places

Bothali lies about 52 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Amgaon, 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 Bothali
Nearest railway station Amgaon 4.8 km
Nearest town Gondiā 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Lanji 27 km
District headquarters Balaghat 52 km

Villages closest to Bothali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bothali village had a population of 1,474. That makes it the 46th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents.

Bothali village has 724 males and 750 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bothali has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

Bothali covers 310.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bothali falls under Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bothali is Amgaon, 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 within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bothali.

Bothali is about 52 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bothali is in Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Amgaon is about 4.8 km away. Gondiā is about 17 km away. Lanji 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 Dhutitola (7.4 km), Katiparkalan (8.0 km) and Katiparkhurd (8.0 km).

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

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