About Basturi Village

Basturi is a mid sized village in Seondha tehsil, in the district of Datia, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,652, made up of 876 males and 776 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 439.93 hectares hectares.

Basturi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basturi village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Datia
Tehsil	Seondha
Area (hectares)	439.93 hectares
Population	1,652
Male Population	876
Female Population	776
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basturi compares

By the 2011 count Basturi is the 20th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 970 residents. Its 439.93 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 829.

Getting to Basturi

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

How far is Basturi from other places

Basturi lies about 54 km from Datia, and the nearest railway station is Erach Road, about 42 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 Basturi
Tehsil headquarters	Seondha	8.2 km
Nearest railway station	Erach Road	42 km
District headquarters	Datia	54 km

Villages closest to Basturi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basturi village had a population of 1,652. That makes it the 20th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 970 residents.

Basturi village has 876 males and 776 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basturi has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 829.

Basturi covers 439.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basturi falls under Seondha tehsil of Datia district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basturi is Erach Road, about 42 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 village for Basturi.

Basturi is about 54 km from Datia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basturi is in Seondha tehsil of Datia district. Seondha is about 8.2 km away. Erach Road is about 42 km away. Datia is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.