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About Basgon Village

Basgon is a mid sized village in Garoth tehsil, in the district of Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,177, made up of 607 males and 570 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 572.3 hectares hectares.

Basgon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basgon village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandsaur
Tehsil Garoth
Area (hectares) 572.3 hectares
Population 1,177
Male Population 607
Female Population 570
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 939
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basgon compares

By the 2011 count Basgon is the 32nd largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,196 residents. Its 572.3 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Basgon

Basgon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basgon as Available within <5 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 Basgon from other places

Basgon lies about 64 km from Mandsaur, and the nearest railway station is Kurlasi, about 11 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 Basgon
Tehsil headquarters Garoth 5.6 km
Nearest railway station Kurlasi 11 km
Nearest town Shāmgarh 20 km
District headquarters Mandsaur 64 km

Villages closest to Basgon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basgon village had a population of 1,177. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,196 residents.

Basgon village has 607 males and 570 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basgon has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 961.

Basgon covers 572.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basgon falls under Garoth tehsil of Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basgon is Kurlasi, about 11 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Basgon.

Basgon is about 64 km from Mandsaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basgon is in Garoth tehsil of Mandsaur district. Garoth is about 5.6 km away. Kurlasi is about 11 km away. Shāmgarh is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhaba (under 2 km), Bhilkhedi (under 2 km) and Banjari (2.0 km).

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

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