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About Basaraui Village

Basaraui is a mid sized village in Bijawar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 582, made up of 304 males and 278 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 443.41 hectares hectares.

Basaraui Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basaraui village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Bijawar
Area (hectares) 443.41 hectares
Population 582
Male Population 304
Female Population 278
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 914
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basaraui compares

By the 2011 count Basaraui is the 79th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 983 residents. Its 443.41 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 885.

Getting to Basaraui

Basaraui is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basaraui as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Basaraui from other places

Basaraui lies about 17 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Basari, about 1.7 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 Basaraui
Nearest railway station Basari 1.7 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Bijawar 32 km

Villages closest to Basaraui

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

Common questions about Basaraui

As per the Census of India 2011, Basaraui village had a population of 582. That makes it the 79th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 983 residents.

Basaraui village has 304 males and 278 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basaraui has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 885.

Basaraui covers 443.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basaraui falls under Bijawar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basaraui is Basari, about 1.7 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 5 - 10 km distance for Basaraui.

Basaraui is about 17 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basaraui is in Bijawar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Basari is about 1.7 km away. Chhatarpur is about 17 km away. Bijawar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sanda (6.0 km), Patna (7.4 km) and Ramgarh (11 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Basaraui today is likely to be higher.

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