About Basata Village

Basata is a mid sized village in Chhatarpur tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,938, made up of 1,022 males and 916 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1414.39 hectares hectares.

Basata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basata village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Chhatarpur
Area (hectares)	1414.39 hectares
Population	1,938
Male Population	1,022
Female Population	916
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basata compares

By the 2011 count Basata is the 41st largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents. Its 1414.39 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Basata

Basata is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Basata as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Basata from other places

Basata lies about 16 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Basari, about 12 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 Basata
Nearest railway station	Basari	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chhatarpur	16 km

Villages closest to Basata

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basata village had a population of 1,938. That makes it the 41st largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents.

Basata village has 1,022 males and 916 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basata has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 878.

Basata covers 1414.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basata falls under Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basata is Basari, about 12 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Basata.

Basata is about 16 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basata is in Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Basari is about 12 km away. Chhatarpur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.