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About Basai Village

Basai is a small village in Pohri tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 373, made up of 180 males and 193 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,072 females per 1000 males. The village covers 905.66 hectares hectares.

Basai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shivpuri
Tehsil Pohri
Area (hectares) 905.66 hectares
Population 373
Male Population 180
Female Population 193
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,072
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basai compares

By the 2011 count Basai is the 177th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 878 residents. Its 905.66 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 875.

Getting to Basai

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

Basai lies about 25 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Rayshree, about 19 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
Tehsil headquarters Pohri 13 km
Nearest railway station Rayshree 19 km
District headquarters Shivpuri 25 km

Villages closest to Basai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pohri 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 373. That makes it the 177th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 878 residents.

Basai village has 180 males and 193 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basai has about 1072 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 875.

Basai covers 905.66 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Basai is Rayshree, about 19 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Basai.

Basai is about 25 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 Pohri tehsil of Shivpuri district. Pohri is about 13 km away. Rayshree is about 19 km away. Shivpuri is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajpur (2.9 km), Ghatai (3.6 km) and Rant Kheda (3.8 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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