About Basi Village

Basi is a small village in Paraswada tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 465, made up of 219 males and 246 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,123 females per 1000 males. The village covers 491.32 hectares hectares.

Basi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basi village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Paraswada
Area (hectares)	491.32 hectares
Population	465
Male Population	219
Female Population	246
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,123
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basi compares

By the 2011 count Basi is the 86th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 491.32 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1052.

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 village. 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 from other places

Basi lies about 24 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Saongi, about 6.9 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
Nearest railway station	Saongi	6.9 km
Nearest town	Wārāseonī	7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Paraswada	24 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	24 km

Villages closest to Basi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Paraswada 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 465. That makes it the 86th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Basi village has 219 males and 246 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basi has about 1123 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1052.

Basi covers 491.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Basi is Saongi, about 6.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Basi.

Basi is about 24 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 Paraswada tehsil of Balaghat district. Saongi is about 6.9 km away. Wārāseonī is about 7.8 km away. Paraswada is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.