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About Bashara Village

Bashara is a large village in Meja tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,788, made up of 2,582 males and 2,206 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2492 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 212302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bashara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bashara village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Allahabad
Tehsil Meja
Pincode 212302
Area (hectares) 2492 hectares
Population 4,788
Male Population 2,582
Female Population 2,206
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 854
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Bashara compares

By the 2011 count Bashara is the 20th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents. Its 2492 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Bashara

Bashara 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 Bashara as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Bashara from other places

Bashara lies about 38 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Bevara, about 17 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 Bashara
Nearest railway station Bevara 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Meja 32 km
District headquarters Allahabad 38 km
Nearest town Prayagraj 38 km

Villages closest to Bashara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bashara village had a population of 4,788. That makes it the 20th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents.

Bashara village has 2,582 males and 2,206 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bashara has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Bashara is 212302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bashara covers 2492 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bashara falls under Meja tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bashara is Bevara, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Bashara is about 38 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bashara is in Meja tehsil of Allahabad district. Bevara is about 17 km away. Meja is about 32 km away. Allahabad is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Araji Akora (under 2 km), Badhora Ghawasan (under 2 km) and Baghora Patti (under 2 km).

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

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