Faridpur observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Faridpur ranks #26 of 183 villages in Basoda mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Faridpur is a village of 1,213 people in 253 households (Census 2011) in Basoda tehsil, Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh, the 26th-largest of 183 villages in Basoda tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 889 women per 1,000 men. It lies 12 km from the Vidisha district centre, 3 km from Pabai railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 464220, served by Gulabganj post office; the LGD village code is 481277. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sarvodaya Hospital Ganj Basoda, 8 km away. The sarpanch is Bharat Singh, and the village votes in Basoda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hari Singh Raghuwanshi (Badda). The population is estimated at 1,430 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faridpur · this village | 1,213 | 64% | — |
| Chak Madhopur Kalan · Basoda | 193 | 62% | 1.4 km E |
| Derkhi · Gyaraspur | 0 | — | 2.3 km S |
| Derkhi · Basoda | 928 | 58% | 2.3 km S |
| Balra Khurd · Basoda | 300 | 48% | 3.3 km NE |
| Pawai · Basoda | 1,554 | 65% | 3.4 km SW |
| Gajnai · Basoda | 336 | 67% | 3.4 km E |
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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