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About Basian Village

Basian is a mid sized village in Kharar tehsil, in the district of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 650, made up of 353 males and 297 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 841 females per 1000 males. The village covers 129 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basian Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basian village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Tehsil Kharar
Pincode 140103
Area (hectares) 129 hectares
Population 650
Male Population 353
Female Population 297
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 841
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Basian compares

By the 2011 count Basian is the 93rd largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 923 residents. Its 129 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 875.

Getting to Basian

Basian is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Basian as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basian from other places

Basian lies about 15 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Kharar, about 7.1 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 Basian
Nearest railway station Kharar 7.1 km
District headquarters Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar 15 km

Villages closest to Basian

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basian village had a population of 650. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 923 residents.

Basian village has 353 males and 297 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basian has about 841 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 875.

The pincode recorded for Basian is 140103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basian covers 129 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basian falls under Kharar tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Basian is Kharar, about 7.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Basian.

Basian is about 15 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basian is in Kharar tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. Kharar is about 7.1 km away. Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhabali (under 2 km), Dharak Kalan (under 2 km) and Dhakoran Khurd (under 2 km).

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

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