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About Basahi Village

Basahi is a large village in Chitrangi tehsil, in the district of Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,215, made up of 1,134 males and 1,081 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 953 females per 1000 males. The village covers 529.18 hectares hectares.

Basahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basahi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Singrauli
Tehsil Chitrangi
Area (hectares) 529.18 hectares
Population 2,215
Male Population 1,134
Female Population 1,081
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 953
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basahi compares

By the 2011 count Basahi is the 36th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents. Its 529.18 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Basahi

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

Basahi lies about 50 km from Singrauli, and the nearest railway station is Majhaoli, about 33 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 Basahi
Tehsil headquarters Chitrangi 28 km
Nearest railway station Majhaoli 33 km
Nearest town Sidhi 39 km
District headquarters Singrauli 50 km

Villages closest to Basahi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basahi village had a population of 2,215. That makes it the 36th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents.

Basahi village has 1,134 males and 1,081 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basahi has about 953 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 939.

Basahi covers 529.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basahi falls under Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basahi is Majhaoli, about 33 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 Basahi.

Basahi is about 50 km from Singrauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basahi is in Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district. Chitrangi is about 28 km away. Majhaoli is about 33 km away. Sidhi is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Parai (2.8 km), Khurmucha (2.9 km) and Jhokho (4.7 km).

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

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