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About Botekasa Village

Botekasa is a mid sized village in Korchi tehsil, in the district of Gadchiroli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 836, made up of 405 males and 431 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,064 females per 1000 males. The village covers 473.41 hectares hectares.

Botekasa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Botekasa village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Gadchiroli
Tehsil Korchi
Area (hectares) 473.41 hectares
Population 836
Male Population 405
Female Population 431
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,064
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Botekasa compares

By the 2011 count Botekasa is the 10th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 345 residents. Its 473.41 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1056.

Getting to Botekasa

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

Botekasa lies about 87 km from Gadchiroli, and the nearest railway station is Paniajob, about 48 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 Botekasa
Tehsil headquarters Korchi 11 km
Nearest railway station Paniajob 48 km
Nearest town Dongargarh 51 km
District headquarters Gadchiroli 87 km

Villages closest to Botekasa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Botekasa village had a population of 836. That makes it the 10th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 345 residents.

Botekasa village has 405 males and 431 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Botekasa has about 1064 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1056.

Botekasa covers 473.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Botekasa falls under Korchi tehsil of Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Botekasa is Paniajob, about 48 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Botekasa.

Botekasa is about 87 km from Gadchiroli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Botekasa is in Korchi tehsil of Gadchiroli district. Korchi is about 11 km away. Paniajob is about 48 km away. Dongargarh is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghugawa (1.8 km), Ramsaytola (2.5 km) and Bihate Kala (2.7 km).

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

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