About Basai Village

Basai is a mid sized village in Gabhana tehsil, in the district of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 519, made up of 279 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 202140, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basai village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Aligarh
Tehsil	Gabhana
Pincode	202140
Area (hectares)	119.91 hectares
Population	519
Male Population	279
Female Population	240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	860
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basai compares

By the 2011 count Basai is the 140th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,953 residents. Its 119.91 hectares work out to about 4.3 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 881.

Getting to Basai

Basai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Basai as Available within 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 Basai from other places

Basai lies about 17 km from Aligarh, and the nearest railway station is Kulwa, about 7.6 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
Nearest railway station	Kulwa	7.6 km
Nearest town	Khair	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gabhana	9.6 km
District headquarters	Aligarh	17 km

Villages closest to Basai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basai village had a population of 519. That makes it the 140th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,953 residents.

Basai village has 279 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basai has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 881.

The pincode recorded for Basai is 202140. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basai covers 119.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basai falls under Gabhana tehsil of Aligarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basai is Kulwa, about 7.6 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 10+ km distance for Basai.

Basai is about 17 km from Aligarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basai is in Gabhana tehsil of Aligarh district. Kulwa is about 7.6 km away. Khair is about 9.4 km away. Gabhana is about 9.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.