BASIM, a town and subdivision in the Akola district, Berar, India, 52 miles S.S.E. from Akola station of the Great Indian Peninsula railway. Pop. (1931) 14,409. Until 19o5 it was the headquarters of the district of Basim which had an area of square miles, but in that year the district was abolished, its com ponent taluks being divided between the districts of Akola and Yeotmal. The Basim taluk consists of a fertile tableland, ',coo ft. above sea-level, sloping westward and southward to the rich valley of the Penganga river. Since the reduction in status of the district, the town of Basim has declined in importance.