About Basona Village

Basona is a mid sized village in Shahgarh tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 705, made up of 383 males and 322 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 841 females per 1000 males. The village covers 255.98 hectares hectares.

Basona Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basona village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sagar
Tehsil	Shahgarh
Area (hectares)	255.98 hectares
Population	705
Male Population	383
Female Population	322
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	841
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 Basona compares

By the 2011 count Basona is the 60th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents. Its 255.98 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 865.

Getting to Basona

Basona is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basona 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 Basona from other places

Basona lies about 47 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Ganeshganj, about 34 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 Basona
Nearest town	Banda	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahgarh	19 km
Nearest railway station	Ganeshganj	34 km
District headquarters	Sagar	47 km

Villages closest to Basona

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basona village had a population of 705. That makes it the 60th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents.

Basona village has 383 males and 322 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basona has about 841 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 865.

Basona covers 255.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basona falls under Shahgarh tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basona is Ganeshganj, about 34 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 Basona.

Basona is about 47 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basona is in Shahgarh tehsil of Sagar district. Banda is about 17 km away. Shahgarh is about 19 km away. Ganeshganj is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.