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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Mal Basai is a small village in Ambah mandal, Morena district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 1,052 across 173 households. The village has a literacy rate of 48%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Ramabai
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- LGD code
- 451953
- Pincode
- 476111
- Post office
- Ambah
- Population
- 1,052
- Households
- 173
- Literacy rate
- 48%
- Sex ratio
- 683 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 418
- Distance to district centre
- 56 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 36 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 397 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 225 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gher · 22 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Civil Hospital Ambah · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Mal Basai compares
By population, Mal Basai ranks #60 of 74 villages in Ambah mandal.
Literacy rate
%
48.0%
−14.2% vs mandal average
- Mal Basai
- 48.0%
- Ambah mandal
- 62.2%
- Morena district
- 60.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
683
−165 vs mandal average
- Mal Basai
- 683
- Ambah mandal
- 848
Household size
people per home
6.1
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Mal Basai
- 6.1
- Ambah mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mal Basai at a glance
Mal Basai is a village of 1,052 people in 173 households (Census 2011) in Ambah tehsil, Morena district, Madhya Pradesh, the 60th-largest of 74 villages in Ambah tehsil. Literacy is 48%, 14 points below the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 683 women per 1,000 men. It lies 56 km from the Morena district centre, 16 km from Kamtari, the nearest town, 22 km from Gher railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 476111, served by Ambah post office; the LGD village code is 451953. The nearest hospital or health centre is Civil Hospital Ambah, 11 km away. The sarpanch is Ramabai , and the village votes in Morena assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dinesh Gurjar. The population is estimated at 1,240 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mal Basai · this village | 1,052 | 48% | — |
| Andwapuraini · Rajakhera | 1,083 | 51% | 5 km W |
| Khirenta · Ambah | 6,626 | 62% | 5.5 km SE |
| Rithona · Ambah | 3,014 | 60% | 5.6 km E |
| Basai Kavilal · Rajakhera | 974 | 70% | 6.2 km N |
| Dandoli · Ambah | 2,002 | 59% | 6.7 km S |
| Tilol · Ambah | 195 | 73% | 6.8 km E |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mal Basai
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- AMBAH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 335
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 85
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mal Basai
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mal Basai
- LGD code
- 451953
- Pincode
- 476111
- Post office
- Ambah
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,052
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,240
- Households
- 173
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 683
- Literacy rate
- 48.0%
- Coordinates
- 26.76854°N, 78.14161°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Morena
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Morena
- Member of Parliament
- Shivmangal Singh Tomar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dinesh Gurjar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Ramabai
- Block / Mandal
- Ambah
Getting there
How to reach Mal Basai
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal397 kmcapital
- Delhi225 km
- Mumbai1011 km
- Hyderabad1044 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGher22 km
- Hospital / PHCCivil Hospital Ambah11 km
- ATM / bankIndusind Bank26 km
- Petrol pumpHP Petrol Pump35 km
- CollegeGovt PG College32 km
- Police stationSAF35 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- 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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)