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About Basania Kalan Village

Basania Kalan is a small village in Rehti tehsil, in the district of Sehore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 319, made up of 172 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 264.43 hectares hectares.

Basania Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basania Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sehore
Tehsil Rehti
Area (hectares) 264.43 hectares
Population 319
Male Population 172
Female Population 147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 855
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basania Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Basania Kalan is the 77th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 264.43 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 Basania Kalan

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

Basania Kalan lies about 68 km from Sehore, and the nearest railway station is Dharamkundi, about 22 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 Basania Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Rehti 8.1 km
Nearest town Nasrullāhganj 15 km
Nearest railway station Dharamkundi 22 km
District headquarters Sehore 68 km

Villages closest to Basania Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rehti 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 Basania Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Basania Kalan village had a population of 319. That makes it the 77th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Basania Kalan village has 172 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basania Kalan has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Basania Kalan covers 264.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basania Kalan falls under Rehti tehsil of Sehore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basania Kalan is Dharamkundi, about 22 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 Basania Kalan.

Basania Kalan is about 68 km from Sehore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basania Kalan is in Rehti tehsil of Sehore district. Rehti is about 8.1 km away. Nasrullāhganj is about 15 km away. Dharamkundi is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barkheda (under 2 km), Basaniya Khurd (under 2 km) and Bordha Kheda (2.0 km).

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

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