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Basadi observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
The principal temple recorded for Badwara mandal is Temple of Somnath and ruins of several temples. No temple of this dedication is on record within Basadi itself.
Ramlila through the nine nights and the burning of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna effigies on Dussehra evening. Kullu Dussehra in Himachal begins on Vijayadashami and runs a week, with village deities carried to Dhalpur maidan.
The regional form observed across North India. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Basadi ranks #4 of 109 villages in Badwara mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basadi is a village of 3,102 people in 748 households (Census 2011) in Badwara tehsil, Katni district, Madhya Pradesh, the 4th-largest of 109 villages in Badwara tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 938 women per 1,000 men. It lies 91 km from the Katni district centre, 45 km from Hadha, the nearest town, 7 km from Unchhera railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 483501, served by Katni Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 488443. The nearest hospital or health centre is CH Maihar, 9 km away. The sarpanch is Vikas , and the village votes in Pawai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prahlad Lodhi. The population is estimated at 3,657 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Basadi →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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