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About Basaniya Kalan Village

Basaniya Kalan is a mid sized village in Seoni Malwa tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,006, made up of 513 males and 493 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 673.84 hectares hectares.

Basaniya Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basaniya Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Seoni Malwa
Area (hectares) 673.84 hectares
Population 1,006
Male Population 513
Female Population 493
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 961
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basaniya Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Basaniya Kalan is the 56th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 894 residents. Its 673.84 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Basaniya Kalan

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

Basaniya Kalan lies about 33 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Dharamkundi, about 22 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 Basaniya Kalan
Nearest town Nasrullāhganj 15 km
Nearest railway station Dharamkundi 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Seoni Malwa 25 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 33 km

Villages closest to Basaniya Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Seoni Malwa 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 Basaniya Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Basaniya Kalan village had a population of 1,006. That makes it the 56th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 894 residents.

Basaniya Kalan village has 513 males and 493 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basaniya Kalan has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 915.

Basaniya Kalan covers 673.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basaniya Kalan falls under Seoni Malwa tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basaniya Kalan is Dharamkundi, about 22 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 village for Basaniya Kalan.

Basaniya Kalan is about 33 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basaniya Kalan is in Seoni Malwa tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Nasrullāhganj is about 15 km away. Dharamkundi is about 22 km away. Seoni Malwa is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nahlai (4.4 km), Bhela (5.6 km) and Ghoghara (5.7 km).

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

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