Basai observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Basai ranks #2 of 74 villages in Suwasara mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basai is a village of 4,734 people in 1,014 households (Census 2011) in Suwasara tehsil, Mandsaur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 2nd-largest of 74 villages in Suwasara tehsil. Literacy is 51%, 1 points below the tehsil average of 52% and the sex ratio is 986 women per 1,000 men. It lies 14 km from the Mandsaur district centre, 34 km from Dag, the nearest town, 12 km from Suwasra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 458990, served by Sitamau post office; the LGD village code is 469901. The nearest hospital or health centre is Patidar Hospital, 12 km away. The sarpanch is Arjun Singh Chouhan, and the village votes in Suwasra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dung Hardeep Singh. The population is estimated at 5,581 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Basai →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basai · this village | 4,734 | 51% | — |
| Aspura · Suwasara | — | — | 1.9 km N |
| Larni · Sitamau | 976 | 39% | 1.9 km SW |
| Bangli · Suwasara | 319 | 29% | 2.1 km NE |
| Haripura · Suwasara | — | — | 2.5 km S |
| Khatrukhedi · Sitamau | 855 | 51% | 3.7 km SW |
| Deoriyamoti · Suwasara | 427 | 73% | 3.8 km SE |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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