About Basa Village

Basa is a small village in Silwani tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 244, made up of 132 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136.964 hectares hectares.

Basa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basa village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Silwani
Area (hectares)	136.964 hectares
Population	244
Male Population	132
Female Population	112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	848
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basa compares

By the 2011 count Basa is the 176th largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 576 residents. Its 136.964 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Basa

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

Basa lies about 58 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Pipariya, about 44 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 Basa
Nearest town	Bareli	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Silwani	22 km
Nearest railway station	Pipariya	44 km
District headquarters	Raisen	58 km

Villages closest to Basa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basa village had a population of 244. That makes it the 176th largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 576 residents.

Basa village has 132 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basa has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Basa covers 136.964 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basa falls under Silwani tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basa is Pipariya, about 44 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 Basa.

Basa is about 58 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basa is in Silwani tehsil of Raisen district. Bareli is about 18 km away. Silwani is about 22 km away. Pipariya is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.