About Basrahi Village

Basrahi is a mid sized village in Gaurihar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,252, made up of 664 males and 588 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 321.74 hectares hectares.

Basrahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basrahi village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Gaurihar
Area (hectares)	321.74 hectares
Population	1,252
Male Population	664
Female Population	588
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basrahi compares

By the 2011 count Basrahi is the 54th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents. Its 321.74 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 864.

Getting to Basrahi

Basrahi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basrahi 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 Basrahi from other places

Basrahi lies about 65 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Singhpur Dumra, about 31 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 Basrahi
Tehsil headquarters	Gaurihar	17 km
Nearest town	Lauri	20 km
Nearest railway station	Singhpur Dumra	31 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	65 km

Villages closest to Basrahi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basrahi village had a population of 1,252. That makes it the 54th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents.

Basrahi village has 664 males and 588 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basrahi has about 886 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 864.

Basrahi covers 321.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basrahi falls under Gaurihar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basrahi is Singhpur Dumra, about 31 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 Basrahi.

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

Basrahi is in Gaurihar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Gaurihar is about 17 km away. Lauri is about 20 km away. Singhpur Dumra is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.