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About Basadi Village

Basadi is a large village in Badwara tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,102, made up of 1,601 males and 1,501 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1038.68 hectares hectares.

Basadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basadi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Badwara
Area (hectares) 1038.68 hectares
Population 3,102
Male Population 1,601
Female Population 1,501
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 938
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Basadi compares

By the 2011 count Basadi is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 993 residents. Its 1038.68 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Basadi

Basadi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Basadi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basadi from other places

Basadi lies about 25 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Salhana, about 2.9 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 Basadi
Nearest railway station Salhana 2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Badwara 25 km
District headquarters Katni 25 km
Nearest town Murwāra 25 km

Villages closest to Basadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basadi village had a population of 3,102. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 993 residents.

Basadi village has 1,601 males and 1,501 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basadi has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Basadi covers 1038.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basadi falls under Badwara tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basadi is Salhana, about 2.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Basadi.

Basadi is about 25 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basadi is in Badwara tehsil of Katni district. Salhana is about 2.9 km away. Badwara is about 25 km away. Katni 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 Suddi (2.3 km), Salhana (2.6 km) and Midara (4.3 km).

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

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