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About Basai Village

Basai is a small village in Pichhore tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 10, made up of 8 males and 2 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 250 females per 1000 males. The village covers 275.25 hectares hectares.

Basai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shivpuri
Tehsil Pichhore
Area (hectares) 275.25 hectares
Population 10
Male Population 8
Female Population 2
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 250
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 Basai compares

By the 2011 count Basai is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,408 residents. Its 275.25 hectares work out to about 0.0 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 877.

Getting to Basai

Basai is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Basai 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 Basai from other places

Basai lies about 81 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Basai, about 1.7 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 Basai
Nearest railway station Basai 1.7 km
Nearest town Babīna 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Pichhore 22 km
District headquarters Shivpuri 81 km

Villages closest to Basai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basai village had a population of 10. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,408 residents.

Basai village has 8 males and 2 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basai has about 250 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 877.

Basai covers 275.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basai falls under Pichhore tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basai is Basai, about 1.7 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 Basai.

Basai is about 81 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basai is in Pichhore tehsil of Shivpuri district. Basai is about 1.7 km away. Babīna is about 12 km away. Pichhore 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 Leharra (3.6 km), Chaura (3.7 km) and Rewai (4.7 km).

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

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