Basna
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| Country |  India |
| State | Chhattisgarh |
| District | Mahasamund |
| Elevation | 266 m (873 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 8,813 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, Chhattisgarhi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
Basna is a census town in Mahasamund district in the Chhattisgarh state of India.
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Geography
Basna is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..[1] It has an average elevation of 266 metres (872 feet).
Basna is 70 km (43 mi) from District Headquarter Mahasamund and 130 km (81 mi) from Raipur the capital city of Chhattisgarh. The Orissa border is very near around (15 km (9.3 mi)) from Basna.
History
Narsinghnath is just 30 km (19 mi) away from Basna. It is the place where Ram and Sita spent their time during their 14 years of vanvas.The people also claim that during the Mahabharata period, the Pandavas had also stayed here. Narsinghnath pitha is an example of religious and cultural synthesis of tribal and non-tribal people (Pasayat, 1998, 2003, 2005 2007, 2008).[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census,[9] Basna had a population of 8813. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Basna has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 57% of the males and 43% of females literate. 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.
References
- ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Basna
- ↑ Pasayat, C. (1998), Tribe, Caste and Folkculture, Jaipur/New Delhi: Rawat Publications.
- ↑ Pasayat, C. (2003), Glimpses of Tribal and Folkculture, New Delhi: Anmol Pub. Pvt. Ltd.
- ↑ Pasayat, C. (2005), "Oral Narrative and Hindu Method of Assimilation: A Case of Marjarakesari in Narsinghnath", The Orissa Historical Research Journal, Vol.XLVIII, No.1, pp.12-25.
- ↑ Pasayat, C. (2007), Tribe, Caste and Society, New Delhi: Mohit Publications.
- ↑ Pasayat, C. (2007), History of Tribal Society and Culture, New Delhi: Zenith Books International.
- ↑ Pasayat, C. (2007), Tribal Non-tribal Divide: Myth and Reality, Bhubaneswar.
- ↑ Pasayat, C. (2008), Oral Tradition, Society and History, New Delhi: Mohit Publications.
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