About Basi Village

Basi is a mid sized village in Katangi tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,517, made up of 754 males and 763 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 650.23 hectares hectares.

Basi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basi village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Katangi
Area (hectares)	650.23 hectares
Population	1,517
Male Population	754
Female Population	763
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,012
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Basi compares

By the 2011 count Basi is the 27th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents. Its 650.23 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1040.

Getting to Basi

Basi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basi 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basi from other places

Basi lies about 48 km from Balaghat. 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
Tehsil headquarters	Katangi	8.4 km
Nearest town	Wārāseonī	33 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	48 km

Villages closest to Basi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basi village had a population of 1,517. That makes it the 27th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents.

Basi village has 754 males and 763 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basi has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1040.

Basi covers 650.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basi falls under Katangi tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Basi notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 Basi.

Basi is about 48 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basi is in Katangi tehsil of Balaghat district. Katangi is about 8.4 km away. Wārāseonī is about 33 km away. Balaghat is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.