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About Basmat Village

Basmat is a small village in Basmath tehsil, in the district of Hingoli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 478, made up of 264 males and 214 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 811 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1975 hectares hectares.

Basmat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basmat village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Hingoli
Tehsil Basmath
Area (hectares) 1975 hectares
Population 478
Male Population 264
Female Population 214
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 811
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Basmat compares

By the 2011 count Basmat is the 121st largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,511 residents. Its 1975 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 954.

Getting to Basmat

Basmat 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 Basmat 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 within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basmat from other places

Basmat lies about 43 km from Hingoli. 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 Basmat
Tehsil headquarters Basmath under 2 km
Nearest town Basmat under 2 km
District headquarters Hingoli 43 km

Villages closest to Basmat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basmat village had a population of 478. That makes it the 121st largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,511 residents.

Basmat village has 264 males and 214 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basmat has about 811 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Basmat covers 1975 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basmat falls under Basmath tehsil of Hingoli district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Basmat notes the nearest railway station as Available within village.

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

Basmat is about 43 km from Hingoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basmat is in Basmath tehsil of Hingoli district. Basmath is about under 2 km away. Basmat is about under 2 km away. Hingoli is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sawargaon (3.3 km), Ganeshpur (3.7 km) and Pangrasati (3.8 km).

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

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