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About Basahi Village

Basahi is a large village in Karchhana tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,475, made up of 2,317 males and 2,158 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 308.9 hectares hectares.

Basahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basahi village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Allahabad
Tehsil Karchhana
Area (hectares) 308.9 hectares
Population 4,475
Male Population 2,317
Female Population 2,158
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 931
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Basahi compares

By the 2011 count Basahi is the 24th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,879 residents. Its 308.9 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Basahi

Basahi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Basahi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basahi from other places

Basahi lies about 26 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Bheerpur, about 6.0 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 Basahi
Nearest railway station Bheerpur 6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Karchhana 26 km
District headquarters Allahabad 26 km
Nearest town Prayagraj 26 km

Villages closest to Basahi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basahi village had a population of 4,475. That makes it the 24th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,879 residents.

Basahi village has 2,317 males and 2,158 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basahi has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 912.

Basahi covers 308.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basahi falls under Karchhana tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basahi is Bheerpur, about 6.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available for Basahi.

Basahi is about 26 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basahi is in Karchhana tehsil of Allahabad district. Bheerpur is about 6.0 km away. Karchhana is about 26 km away. Allahabad is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tikariya (under 2 km), Antahi (2.7 km) and Beerpur Ta Panasa (2.9 km).

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

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