About Basai Village

Basai is a mid sized village in Bhitarwar tehsil, in the district of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 872, made up of 472 males and 400 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 847 females per 1000 males. The village covers 673.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 475220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Gwalior
Tehsil	Bhitarwar
Pincode	475220
Area (hectares)	673.77 hectares
Population	872
Male Population	472
Female Population	400
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	847
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basai compares

By the 2011 count Basai is the 40th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents. Its 673.77 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 864.

Getting to Basai

Basai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Basai from other places

Basai lies about 55 km from Gwalior, and the nearest railway station is Kotra, about 23 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 Basai
Tehsil headquarters	Bhitarwar	8.4 km
Nearest railway station	Kotra	23 km
Nearest town	Dabra	23 km
District headquarters	Gwalior	55 km

Villages closest to Basai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basai village had a population of 872. That makes it the 40th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Basai village has 472 males and 400 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basai has about 847 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 864.

The pincode recorded for Basai is 475220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basai covers 673.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basai falls under Bhitarwar tehsil of Gwalior district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basai is Kotra, about 23 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 5 - 10 km distance for Basai.

Basai is about 55 km from Gwalior in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basai is in Bhitarwar tehsil of Gwalior district. Bhitarwar is about 8.4 km away. Kotra is about 23 km away. Dabra is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.