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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Basoba is a village in Orchha mandal, Niwari district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 1,520 across 296 households. The village has a literacy rate of 53.6% and is located at coordinates 25.239°N, 78.470°E with PIN code 472246.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ATAR SINGH AHIRWAR
Contact: 94****5784
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- LGD code
- 456540
- Pincode
- 472246
- Post office
- Orchha
- Population
- 1,520
- Households
- 296
- Literacy rate
- 53.6%
- Sex ratio
- 926 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 513
- Distance to district centre
- 17 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 245 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 395 km
- Nearest railway station
- Babina · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Military Hospital ,Babina · 1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Basoba compares
By population, Basoba ranks #7 of 34 villages in Orchha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.6%
+1.4% vs mandal average
- Basoba
- 53.6%
- Orchha mandal
- 52.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
926
+51 vs mandal average
- Basoba
- 926
- Orchha mandal
- 875
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Basoba
- 5.1
- Orchha mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basoba at a glance
Basoba is a village of 1,520 people in 296 households (Census 2011) in Orchha tehsil, Niwari district, Madhya Pradesh, the 7th-largest of 34 villages in Orchha tehsil. Literacy is 54%, 1 points above the tehsil average of 52% and the sex ratio is 926 women per 1,000 men. It lies 17 km from the Niwari district centre, 20 km from Rajapur, the nearest town, 2 km from Babina railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 472246, served by Orchha post office; the LGD village code is 456540. The nearest hospital or health centre is Military Hospital ,Babina, 1 km away. The sarpanch is ATAR SINGH AHIRWAR. The population is estimated at 1,792 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Basoba
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 7
- 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
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- ORCHHA
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 104
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 394.1
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 269.61
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Basoba
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Basoba
- LGD code
- 456540
- Pincode
- 472246
- Post office
- Orchha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,520
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,792
- Households
- 296
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 926
- Literacy rate
- 53.6%
- Coordinates
- 25.23937°N, 78.46987°E
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ATAR SINGH AHIRWAR
- Block / Mandal
- Orchha
- Nearest railway station
- Bijrotha (32.8 km)
Getting there
How to reach Basoba
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal245 kmcapital
- Delhi395 km
- Hyderabad873 km
- Mumbai895 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBabina2 km
- Bus stopbus stop to Jansi21 km
- Hospital / PHCMilitary Hospital ,Babina1 km
- ATM / bankSCI21 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum25 km
- CollegeSaryu Prasad Girls GIC25 km
- Police stationReserve Police Lines jhansi25 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)