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About Basidewa Village

Basidewa is a small village in Bara tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 185, made up of 95 males and 90 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 81.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 212106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basidewa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basidewa village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Allahabad
Tehsil Bara
Pincode 212106
Area (hectares) 81.51 hectares
Population 185
Male Population 95
Female Population 90
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 947
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Basidewa compares

By the 2011 count Basidewa is the 256th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents. Its 81.51 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Basidewa

Basidewa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basidewa 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basidewa from other places

Basidewa lies about 44 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Bevara, about 11 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 Basidewa
Nearest railway station Bevara 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Bara 20 km
District headquarters Allahabad 44 km
Nearest town Prayagraj 44 km

Villages closest to Basidewa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basidewa village had a population of 185. That makes it the 256th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents.

Basidewa village has 95 males and 90 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basidewa has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Basidewa is 212106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basidewa covers 81.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basidewa falls under Bara tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basidewa is Bevara, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Basidewa.

Basidewa is about 44 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basidewa is in Bara tehsil of Allahabad district. Bevara is about 11 km away. Bara is about 20 km away. Allahabad is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mando (under 2 km), Singhpur (under 2 km) and Deori Beni (2.0 km).

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

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