About Basiara Village

Basiara is a mid sized village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 664, made up of 347 males and 317 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 321.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basiara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basiara village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181201
Area (hectares)	321.3 hectares
Population	664
Male Population	347
Female Population	317
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basiara compares

By the 2011 count Basiara is the 117th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 321.3 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Basiara

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

How far is Basiara from other places

Basiara lies about 32 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 33 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 Basiara
Nearest town	Akhnūr	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	32 km
District headquarters	Jammu	32 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	33 km

Villages closest to Basiara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Akhnoor 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 Basiara

As per the Census of India 2011, Basiara village had a population of 664. That makes it the 117th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Basiara village has 347 males and 317 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basiara has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Basiara is 181201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basiara covers 321.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basiara falls under Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Basiara is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 33 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Basiara.

Basiara is about 32 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basiara is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnūr is about 13 km away. Akhnoor is about 32 km away. Jammu is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.