# Basahi Village, Jaisinghnagar, Shahdol (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Jaisinghnagar, Shahdol 

# Basahi

Basahi is a village in Jaisinghnagar sub-district of Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,090 people in 249 households**, the 59th largest of 199 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 1,090people (2011)
- 249households
- 53.6%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Basahi PIN code and other codes

Basahi falls in Jaisinghnagar sub-district, Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockJaisinghnagar
- Census village code501033

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Basahi from nearby towns?

- Jaisinghnagar (sub-district HQ)45 km by road
- Shahdol (district HQ)90 km by road
- Beohari (nearest town)10 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Basahi?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Basahi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Beohari
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Shahdol
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 10 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Basahi known for?

About 14% of the 1,104 hectares of village land is sown, and 33 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Basahi

Of every 100 households in Basahi in 2011, 32 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basahi · ■ Jaisinghnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**99%

Use banking services ****32%**

**62%

Television ****0%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**38%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Basahi?

■ Basahi · ■ Jaisinghnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.6%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**987

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****850**

**957

Working population ****58.6%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.6% for men and 44.5% for women. 58% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 18 (3%) · **■** Marginal 617 (97%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Jaisinghnagar

- Chhapra Tola1,195 people
- Pahadiya1,166 people
- Barna1,137 people
- Darain1,118 people
- Tali Kalan1,080 people
- Bineka1,076 people
- Mudariya Tola1,072 people
- Saunta1,058 people

[All 204 villages in Jaisinghnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/shahdol/jaisinghnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Basahi from Shahdol?90 km by road
- What is the population of Basahi?1,090 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basahi in?Shahdol district (Jaisinghnagar sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basahi?53.6% (Census 2011)
