About Basi Khai Village

Basi Khai is a small village in Magarlod tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 90, made up of 48 males and 42 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 21.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493773, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basi Khai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basi Khai village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Tehsil	Magarlod
Pincode	493773
Area (hectares)	21.79 hectares
Population	90
Male Population	48
Female Population	42
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basi Khai compares

By the 2011 count Basi Khai is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,012 residents. Its 21.79 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Basi Khai

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

Basi Khai lies about 21 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Sankra, about 20 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 Basi Khai
Tehsil headquarters	Magarlod	20 km
Nearest railway station	Sankra	20 km
District headquarters	Dhamtari	21 km

Villages closest to Basi Khai

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

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Common questions about Basi Khai

As per the Census of India 2011, Basi Khai village had a population of 90. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,012 residents.

Basi Khai village has 48 males and 42 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basi Khai has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Basi Khai is 493773. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basi Khai covers 21.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basi Khai falls under Magarlod tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Basi Khai is Sankra, about 20 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 and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Basi Khai.

Basi Khai is about 21 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basi Khai is in Magarlod tehsil of Dhamtari district. Magarlod is about 20 km away. Sankra is about 20 km away. Dhamtari is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.