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About Basarikpur Village

Basarikpur is a small village in Mehnagar tehsil, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 251, made up of 126 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 992 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 276129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basarikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basarikpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Azamgarh
Tehsil Mehnagar
Pincode 276129
Area (hectares) 37.46 hectares
Population 251
Male Population 126
Female Population 125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 992
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Basarikpur compares

By the 2011 count Basarikpur is the 239th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,317 residents. Its 37.46 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1048.

Getting to Basarikpur

The census records public bus service for Basarikpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basarikpur from other places

Basarikpur lies about 26 km from Azamgarh, and the nearest railway station is Dullahapur, about 14 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 Basarikpur
Nearest railway station Dullahapur 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Mehnagar 18 km
Nearest town Muhammadābād 22 km
District headquarters Azamgarh 26 km

Villages closest to Basarikpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basarikpur village had a population of 251. That makes it the 239th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,317 residents.

Basarikpur village has 126 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basarikpur has about 992 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1048.

The pincode recorded for Basarikpur is 276129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basarikpur covers 37.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basarikpur falls under Mehnagar tehsil of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basarikpur is Dullahapur, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Basarikpur.

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

Basarikpur is in Mehnagar tehsil of Azamgarh district. Dullahapur is about 14 km away. Mehnagar is about 18 km away. Muhammadābād is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sultanipur (under 2 km), Birpur (under 2 km) and Baikunthpur (under 2 km).

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

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