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About Basaura Village

Basaura is a small village in Unchahara tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 30, made up of 13 males and 17 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,308 females per 1000 males. The village covers 82.55 hectares hectares.

Basaura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basaura village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Satna
Tehsil Unchahara
Area (hectares) 82.55 hectares
Population 30
Male Population 13
Female Population 17
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,308
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basaura compares

By the 2011 count Basaura is the 196th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 82.55 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Basaura

Basaura is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Basaura as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Basaura from other places

Basaura lies about 21 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Jaitwar, 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 Basaura
Nearest railway station Jaitwar 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Unchahara 21 km
District headquarters Satna 21 km

Villages closest to Basaura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basaura village had a population of 30. That makes it the 196th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Basaura village has 13 males and 17 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basaura has about 1308 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Basaura covers 82.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basaura falls under Unchahara tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basaura is Jaitwar, 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 <5 km distance for Basaura.

Basaura is about 21 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basaura is in Unchahara tehsil of Satna district. Jaitwar is about 11 km away. Unchahara is about 21 km away. Satna is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kothi (2.5 km), Pondi (4.1 km) and Khamha (4.4 km).

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

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