By population, Baksana ranks #77 of 192 villages in Pithampur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baksana is a village of 613 people in 119 households (Census 2011) in Pithampur tehsil, Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, the 77th-largest of 192 villages in Pithampur tehsil. Literacy is 76%, 29 points above the tehsil average of 47% and the sex ratio is 928 women per 1,000 men. It lies 32 km from the Dhar district centre, 28 km from Kodriya, the nearest town, 22 km from Tihi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 454773, served by Dehri Ghata Billod post office; the LGD village code is 474989. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is somta bai, and the village votes in Sonkatch assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Rajesh Sonkar. The population is estimated at 723 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Baksana →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baksana · this village | 613 | 76% | — |
| Chambal Baroda · Pithampur | 661 | 64% | 2.8 km S |
| Nijampura · Pithampur | 369 | 54% | 2.7 km W |
| Methwada · Depalpur | 2,892 | 56% | 5 km NE |
| Achana · Pithampur | 1,261 | 57% | 5.1 km SE |
| Siloda Buzurg · Pithampur | 331 | 47% | 5.5 km SW |
| Siloda Buzurg · Sanwer | 676 | 55% | 5.5 km SW |
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.
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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