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About Basnali Village

Basnali is a mid sized village in Dahi tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 692, made up of 330 males and 362 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,097 females per 1000 males. The village covers 350.25 hectares hectares.

Basnali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basnali village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Dhar
Tehsil Dahi
Area (hectares) 350.25 hectares
Population 692
Male Population 330
Female Population 362
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,097
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Basnali compares

By the 2011 count Basnali is the 51st largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,733 residents. Its 350.25 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 993.

Getting to Basnali

The census records public bus service for Basnali as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basnali from other places

Basnali lies about 94 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Alirajpur, about 28 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 Basnali
Tehsil headquarters Dahi 3.0 km
Nearest town Kukshi 24 km
Nearest railway station Alirajpur 28 km
District headquarters Dhar 94 km

Villages closest to Basnali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basnali village had a population of 692. That makes it the 51st largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,733 residents.

Basnali village has 330 males and 362 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basnali has about 1097 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Basnali covers 350.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basnali falls under Dahi tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basnali is Alirajpur, about 28 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Basnali.

Basnali is about 94 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basnali is in Dahi tehsil of Dhar district. Dahi is about 3.0 km away. Kukshi is about 24 km away. Alirajpur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jalwat (1.9 km), Chichwaniya (2.7 km) and Katar Kheda (3.5 km).

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

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