Basna

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Basna is a town in Mahasamund district in the Chhattisgarh state of India.

Geography

Basna is located at Script error: No such module "Coordinates"..[1] It has an average elevation of 266 metres (872 feet).

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History

Narsinghnath is just Script error: No such module "convert". away from Basna. It is the place where Ram and Sita spent their time during their 14 years of Script error: No such module "lang". (living in a forest). 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

since 2001Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". India census,[9] 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.

References

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  1. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Basna
  2. Pasayat, C. (1998), Tribe, Caste and Folkculture, Jaipur/New Delhi: Rawat Publications.
  3. Pasayat, C. (2003), Glimpses of Tribal and Folkculture, New Delhi: Anmol Pub. Pvt. Ltd.
  4. 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.
  5. Pasayat, C. (2007), Tribe, Caste and Society, New Delhi: Mohit Publications.
  6. Pasayat, C. (2007), History of Tribal Society and Culture, New Delhi: Zenith Books International.
  7. Pasayat, C. (2007), Tribal Non-tribal Divide: Myth and Reality, Bhubaneswar.
  8. Pasayat, C. (2008), Oral Tradition, Society and History, New Delhi: Mohit Publications.
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