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Village snapshot
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Halki Bai
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- LGD code
- 458380
- Pincode
- 471405
- Post office
- Bijawar
- Population
- 152
- Households
- 39
- Literacy rate
- 52%
- Sex ratio
- 788 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 79
- Distance to district centre
- 121 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 143 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 360 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 558 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sagma · 21 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- CHC Nagod · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Basudha compares
By population, Basudha ranks #101 of 137 villages in Bijawar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.0%
+5.7% vs mandal average
- Basudha
- 52.0%
- Bijawar mandal
- 46.3%
- Chhatarpur district
- 53.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
788
−96 vs mandal average
- Basudha
- 788
- Bijawar mandal
- 884
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.9 vs mandal average
- Basudha
- 3.9
- Bijawar mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basudha at a glance
Basudha is a village of 152 people in 39 households (Census 2011) in Bijawar tehsil, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 101st-largest of 137 villages in Bijawar tehsil. Literacy is 52%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 46% and the sex ratio is 788 women per 1,000 men. It lies 121 km from the Chhatarpur district centre, 11 km from Hadha, the nearest town, 21 km from Sagma railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 471405, served by Bijawar post office; the LGD village code is 458380. The nearest hospital or health centre is CHC Nagod, 8 km away. The sarpanch is Halki Bai, and the village votes in Malhara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bahin Ramsiya Bharti. The population is estimated at 179 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Basudha
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BIJAWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 33
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 73
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 33
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 519.11
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 10
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Basudha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Basudha
- LGD code
- 458380
- Pincode
- 471405
- Post office
- Bijawar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 152
- Population (projected 2026)
- 179
- Households
- 39
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 788
- Literacy rate
- 52.0%
- Coordinates
- 24.62790°N, 80.62309°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Damoh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Malhara
- Member of Parliament
- Rahul Lodhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bahin Ramsiya Bharti
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Halki Bai
- Block / Mandal
- Bijawar
Getting there
How to reach Basudha
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal360 kmcapital
- Delhi558 km
- Kolkata821 km
- Hyderabad835 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSagma21 km
- Hospital / PHCCHC Nagod8 km
- CollegeShri Ram Milan Junior High School , Kalyanpur57 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)