About Basai Village

Basai is a mid sized village in Iglas tehsil, in the district of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,811, made up of 975 males and 836 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 290.74 hectares hectares.

Basai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basai village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Aligarh
Tehsil	Iglas
Area (hectares)	290.74 hectares
Population	1,811
Male Population	975
Female Population	836
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	857
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 60th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,990 residents. Its 290.74 hectares work out to about 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 872.

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 21 km from Aligarh, and the nearest railway station is Sasni, about 12 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	Iglas	5.9 km
Nearest railway station	Sasni	12 km
Nearest town	Hāthras	13 km
District headquarters	Aligarh	21 km

Villages closest to Basai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Iglas 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 1,811. That makes it the 60th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,990 residents.

Basai village has 975 males and 836 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basai has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 872.

Basai covers 290.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Basai is Sasni, about 12 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 21 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 Iglas tehsil of Aligarh district. Iglas is about 5.9 km away. Sasni is about 12 km away. Hāthras is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.