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About Basai Village

Basai is a large village in Kotputli tehsil, in the district of Jaipur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,280, made up of 1,205 males and 1,075 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 500 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 303108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basai village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jaipur
Tehsil Kotputli
Pincode 303108
Area (hectares) 500 hectares
Population 2,280
Male Population 1,205
Female Population 1,075
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
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 the 53rd largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,528 residents. Its 500 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 899.

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 91 km from Jaipur, and the nearest railway station is Dabla, about 36 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
Tehsil headquarters Kotputli 5.7 km
Nearest railway station Dabla 36 km
District headquarters Jaipur 91 km

Villages closest to Basai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kotputli 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 2,280. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,528 residents.

Basai village has 1,205 males and 1,075 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basai has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Basai is 303108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basai covers 500 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basai falls under Kotputli tehsil of Jaipur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Basai is Dabla, about 36 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 91 km from Jaipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basai is in Kotputli tehsil of Jaipur district. Kotputli is about 5.7 km away. Dabla is about 36 km away. Jaipur is about 91 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhaloji (1.9 km), Nangal Panditpura (2.1 km) and Dhawali (2.8 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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