About Basra Village

Basra is a small village in Bansur tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 445, made up of 233 males and 212 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 301402, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basra village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Alwar
Tehsil	Bansur
Pincode	301402
Area (hectares)	113 hectares
Population	445
Male Population	233
Female Population	212
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basra compares

By the 2011 count Basra is the 133rd largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,794 residents. Its 113 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Basra

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

Basra lies about 41 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Khanpur Ahir, about 32 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 Basra
Nearest town	Behror	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bansur	13 km
Nearest railway station	Khanpur Ahir	32 km
District headquarters	Alwar	41 km

Villages closest to Basra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basra village had a population of 445. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,794 residents.

Basra village has 233 males and 212 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basra has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Basra is 301402. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basra covers 113 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basra falls under Bansur tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Basra is Khanpur Ahir, about 32 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 10+ km distance for Basra.

Basra is about 41 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basra is in Bansur tehsil of Alwar district. Behror is about 11 km away. Bansur is about 13 km away. Khanpur Ahir is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.