About Basond Village

Basond is a mid sized village in Badoda tehsil, in the district of Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,010, made up of 520 males and 490 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 516.26 hectares hectares.

Basond Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basond village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sheopur
Tehsil	Badoda
Area (hectares)	516.26 hectares
Population	1,010
Male Population	520
Female Population	490
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Basond compares

By the 2011 count Basond is the 30th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 923 residents. Its 516.26 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Basond

Basond is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Basond as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basond from other places

Basond lies about 21 km from Sheopur, and the nearest railway station is Sheopur Kalan, 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 Basond
Tehsil headquarters	Badoda	6.1 km
District headquarters	Sheopur	21 km
Nearest railway station	Sheopur Kalan	22 km

Villages closest to Basond

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basond village had a population of 1,010. That makes it the 30th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 923 residents.

Basond village has 520 males and 490 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basond has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 910.

Basond covers 516.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basond falls under Badoda tehsil of Sheopur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basond is Sheopur Kalan, about 22 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Basond.

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

Basond is in Badoda tehsil of Sheopur district. Badoda is about 6.1 km away. Sheopur is about 21 km away. Sheopur Kalan is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.