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About Baste Village

Baste is a mid sized village in Vikramgad tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 505, made up of 229 males and 276 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,205 females per 1000 males. The village covers 340 hectares hectares.

Baste Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baste village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Thane
Tehsil Vikramgad
Area (hectares) 340 hectares
Population 505
Male Population 229
Female Population 276
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,205
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Baste compares

By the 2011 count Baste is the 82nd largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,418 residents. Its 340 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1011.

Getting to Baste

Baste is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Baste 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Apti Bk, Apti Kh, Balapur and Bandhan. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Baste

As per the Census of India 2011, Baste village had a population of 505. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,418 residents.

Baste village has 229 males and 276 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baste has about 1205 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1011.

Baste covers 340 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Baste falls under Vikramgad tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Baste notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Baste is in Vikramgad tehsil of Thane district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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