About Basirha Village

Basirha is a mid sized village in Nizamabad tehsil, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,028, made up of 493 males and 535 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,085 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124.42 hectares hectares.

Basirha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basirha village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Azamgarh
Tehsil	Nizamabad
Area (hectares)	124.42 hectares
Population	1,028
Male Population	493
Female Population	535
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,085
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basirha compares

By the 2011 count Basirha is the 183rd largest of the 501 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents. Its 124.42 hectares work out to about 8.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1041.

Getting to Basirha

Basirha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basirha as Available. 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 Basirha from other places

Basirha lies about 25 km from Azamgarh, and the nearest railway station is Sanjarpur, about 8.0 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 Basirha
Nearest railway station	Sanjarpur	8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nizamabad	15 km
Nearest town	Lalganj	16 km
District headquarters	Azamgarh	25 km

Villages closest to Basirha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basirha village had a population of 1,028. That makes it the 183rd largest of the 501 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents.

Basirha village has 493 males and 535 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basirha has about 1085 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1041.

Basirha covers 124.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basirha falls under Nizamabad tehsil of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basirha is Sanjarpur, about 8.0 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 and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Basirha.

Basirha is about 25 km from Azamgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basirha is in Nizamabad tehsil of Azamgarh district. Sanjarpur is about 8.0 km away. Nizamabad is about 15 km away. Lalganj is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.