About Basinkhar Village

Basinkhar is a mid sized village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 773, made up of 376 males and 397 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,056 females per 1000 males. The village covers 310.67 hectares hectares.

Basinkhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basinkhar village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Baihar
Area (hectares)	310.67 hectares
Population	773
Male Population	376
Female Population	397
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,056
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basinkhar compares

By the 2011 count Basinkhar is the 109th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 310.67 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Basinkhar

Basinkhar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basinkhar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Basinkhar from other places

Basinkhar lies about 65 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Bamhani Banjar, about 55 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 Basinkhar
Nearest town	Malajkhand	7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baihar	18 km
Nearest railway station	Bamhani Banjar	55 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	65 km

Villages closest to Basinkhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basinkhar village had a population of 773. That makes it the 109th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Basinkhar village has 376 males and 397 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basinkhar has about 1056 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1032.

Basinkhar covers 310.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basinkhar falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basinkhar is Bamhani Banjar, about 55 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Basinkhar.

Basinkhar is about 65 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basinkhar is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Malajkhand is about 7.5 km away. Baihar is about 18 km away. Bamhani Banjar is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.