About Basana Village

Basana is a large village in Visnagar tehsil, in the district of Mahesana, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,039, made up of 1,552 males and 1,487 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 958 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1018.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 384001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basana village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Mahesana
Tehsil	Visnagar
Pincode	384001
Area (hectares)	1018.57 hectares
Population	3,039
Male Population	1,552
Female Population	1,487
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	958
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Basana compares

By the 2011 count Basana is the 21st largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 3,160 residents. Its 1018.57 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Basana

Basana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basana as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basana from other places

Basana lies about 8.3 km from Mahesana, and the nearest railway station is Piludra, about under 2 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Basana
Nearest railway station	Piludra	under 2 km
District headquarters	Mahesana	8.3 km
Nearest town	Mahesāna	8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Visnagar	12 km

Villages closest to Basana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Visnagar tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Basana

As per the Census of India 2011, Basana village had a population of 3,039. That makes it the 21st largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,160 residents.

Basana village has 1,552 males and 1,487 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basana has about 958 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Basana is 384001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basana covers 1018.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basana falls under Visnagar tehsil of Mahesana district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Basana is Piludra, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Basana.

Basana is about 8.3 km from Mahesana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basana is in Visnagar tehsil of Mahesana district. Piludra is about under 2 km away. Mahesana is about 8.3 km away. Mahesāna is about 8.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.