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Village snapshot
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
UMA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 155983
- Pincode
- 210209
- Post office
- Mauchhibu
- Population
- 1,027
- Households
- 147
- Literacy rate
- 70.4%
- Sex ratio
- 834 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 247
Census 2011 · in context
How Basingha compares
By population, Basingha ranks #74 of 176 villages in Mau mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.4%
+17.3% vs mandal average
- Basingha
- 70.4%
- Mau mandal
- 53.1%
- Chitrakoot district
- 53.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
834
−62 vs mandal average
- Basingha
- 834
- Mau mandal
- 896
Household size
people per home
7.0
+1.0 vs mandal average
- Basingha
- 7.0
- Mau mandal
- 6.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basingha at a glance
Basingha is a village of 1,027 people in 147 households (Census 2011) in Mau tehsil, Chitrakoot district, Uttar Pradesh, the 74th-largest of 176 villages in Mau tehsil. Literacy is 70%, 17 points above the tehsil average of 53% and the sex ratio is 834 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 210209, served by Mauchhibu post office; the LGD village code is 155983. The sarpanch is UMA DEVI, and the village votes in Unnao assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pankaj Gupta. The population is estimated at 1,211 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Basingha
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KARVI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RAM NAGAR
- Total area (ha)
- 73
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 24
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Basingha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Basingha
- LGD code
- 155983
- Pincode
- 210209
- Post office
- Mauchhibu
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,027
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,211
- Households
- 147
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 834
- Literacy rate
- 70.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Unnao
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Unnao
- Member of Parliament
- Sakshi Maharaj
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pankaj Gupta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- UMA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Mau
- Nearest police station
- Police station (10.5 km)
- Nearest PHC
- CGHS Dispensary, Civil Lines (11.9 km)
- Nearest post office
- Post Office (10.3 km)
- Nearest bank
- Indian Overseas Bank (10.2 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Kanpur Bridge Left Bank (8.8 km)
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)