About Basvi Village

Basvi is a mid sized village in Dharampuri tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 657, made up of 336 males and 321 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 305.83 hectares hectares.

Basvi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basvi village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Dhar
Tehsil	Dharampuri
Area (hectares)	305.83 hectares
Population	657
Male Population	336
Female Population	321
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	955
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 Basvi compares

By the 2011 count Basvi is the 67th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,350 residents. Its 305.83 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 980.

Getting to Basvi

Basvi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Basvi 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 Basvi from other places

Basvi lies about 76 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Hathi gate station, about 9.9 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 Basvi
Nearest railway station	Hathi gate station	9.9 km
Nearest town	Rajpur	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dharampuri	29 km
District headquarters	Dhar	76 km

Villages closest to Basvi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basvi village had a population of 657. That makes it the 67th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,350 residents.

Basvi village has 336 males and 321 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basvi has about 955 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 980.

Basvi covers 305.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basvi falls under Dharampuri tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basvi is Hathi gate station, about 9.9 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 Basvi.

Basvi is about 76 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basvi is in Dharampuri tehsil of Dhar district. Hathi gate station is about 9.9 km away. Rajpur is about 10 km away. Dharampuri is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.