Basna

Basna is a census town in Mahasamund district in the Chhattisgarh state of India.GeographyBasna is located at. It has an average elevation of 266 metres (872 feet).Basna is 70km from District Headquarter Mahasamund and 130km from Raipur the capital city of Chhattisgarh. The Orissa border is very near around (15km) from Basna.HistoryNarsinghnath is just 30km 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).DemographicsIndia census, Basna had a population of 12368. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Basna has an average literacy rate of 76%, 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.