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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
MG
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MADHU GUPTA
Contact: 98****8366
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- LGD code
- 468020
- Pincode
- 484664
- Post office
- Bandhavgarh National Park
- Population
- 944
- Households
- 220
- Literacy rate
- 56.7%
- Sex ratio
- 847 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 309
Census 2011 · in context
How Baskuta compares
By population, Baskuta ranks #83 of 229 villages in Manpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.7%
+2.2% vs mandal average
- Baskuta
- 56.7%
- Manpur mandal
- 54.5%
- Umaria district
- 55.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
847
−109 vs mandal average
- Baskuta
- 847
- Manpur mandal
- 956
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Baskuta
- 4.3
- Manpur mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baskuta at a glance
Baskuta is a village of 944 people in 220 households (Census 2011) in Manpur tehsil, Umaria district, Madhya Pradesh, the 83rd-largest of 229 villages in Manpur tehsil. Literacy is 57%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 55% and the sex ratio is 847 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 484664, served by Bandhavgarh National Park post office; the LGD village code is 468020. The sarpanch is MADHU GUPTA, and the village votes in Vijayraghavgarh assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Satyendra Pathak. The population is estimated at 1,113 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baskuta · this village | 944 | 57% | — |
| Kachhara Tola · Manpur | 976 | 53% | — |
| Kumharra · Manpur | 402 | 53% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Baskuta
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- UMARIA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 73
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 1,011.57
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 19.08
- Forest area (ha)
- 525.31
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Baskuta
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Baskuta
- LGD code
- 468020
- Pincode
- 484664
- Post office
- Bandhavgarh National Park
- Population (Census 2011)
- 944
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,113
- Households
- 220
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 847
- Literacy rate
- 56.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khajuraho
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Vijayraghavgarh
- Member of Parliament
- V. D. Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjay Satyendra Pathak
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MADHU GUPTA
- Block / Mandal
- Manpur
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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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)