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About Basai Village

Basai is a small village in Padma tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 54, made up of 25 males and 29 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,160 females per 1000 males. The village covers 381.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basai village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Padma
Pincode 825411
Area (hectares) 381.16 hectares
Population 54
Male Population 25
Female Population 29
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,160
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basai compares

By the 2011 count Basai is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents. Its 381.16 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Basai

Basai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Basai from other places

Basai lies about 20 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Hazaribag Town, about 23 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 Basai
District headquarters Hazaribagh 20 km
Nearest town Hazāribāgh 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Padma 22 km
Nearest railway station Hazaribag Town 23 km

Villages closest to Basai

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

Common questions about Basai

As per the Census of India 2011, Basai village had a population of 54. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents.

Basai village has 25 males and 29 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basai has about 1160 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Basai is 825411. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basai covers 381.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basai falls under Padma tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Basai is Hazaribag Town, about 23 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Basai.

Basai is about 20 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basai is in Padma tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Hazaribagh is about 20 km away. Hazāribāgh is about 20 km away. Padma is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Harambar (4.8 km), Majhganwa (15 km) and Bargaon (15 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Basai today is likely to be higher.

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