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About Bastari Jar Village

Bastari Jar is a mid sized village in Niwas tehsil, in the district of Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 600, made up of 297 males and 303 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 418.6 hectares hectares.

Bastari Jar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bastari Jar village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandla
Tehsil Niwas
Area (hectares) 418.6 hectares
Population 600
Male Population 297
Female Population 303
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,020
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bastari Jar compares

By the 2011 count Bastari Jar is the 85th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 671 residents. Its 418.6 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 1022.

Getting to Bastari Jar

Bastari Jar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bastari Jar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Bastari Jar from other places

Bastari Jar lies about 44 km from Mandla, and the nearest railway station is Mandla Fort, about 46 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 Bastari Jar
Tehsil headquarters Niwas 8.5 km
District headquarters Mandla 44 km
Nearest town Mandlā 44 km
Nearest railway station Mandla Fort 46 km

Villages closest to Bastari Jar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Niwas 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 Bastari Jar

As per the Census of India 2011, Bastari Jar village had a population of 600. That makes it the 85th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 671 residents.

Bastari Jar village has 297 males and 303 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bastari Jar has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1022.

Bastari Jar covers 418.6 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.

Bastari Jar falls under Niwas tehsil of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bastari Jar is Mandla Fort, about 46 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 5 - 10 km distance for Bastari Jar.

Bastari Jar is about 44 km from Mandla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bastari Jar is in Niwas tehsil of Mandla district. Niwas is about 8.5 km away. Mandla is about 44 km away. Mandlā is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Umariya (under 2 km), Bastara Mal (2.7 km) and Jarha Dih (2.9 km).

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

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