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About Basi Village

Basi is one of the larger villages in Khekada tehsil, in the district of Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,958, made up of 3,735 males and 3,223 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 756.35 hectares hectares.

Basi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basi village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Baghpat
Tehsil Khekada
Area (hectares) 756.35 hectares
Population 6,958
Male Population 3,735
Female Population 3,223
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 863
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Basi compares

By the 2011 count Basi is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,840 residents. Its 756.35 hectares work out to about 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 856.

Getting to Basi

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

Basi lies about 9.4 km from Baghpat, and the nearest railway station is Sanehra Halt, about 1.8 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 Basi
Nearest railway station Sanehra Halt 1.8 km
Nearest town Khekra 3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Khekada 9.4 km
District headquarters Baghpat 9.4 km

Villages closest to Basi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basi village had a population of 6,958. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,840 residents.

Basi village has 3,735 males and 3,223 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basi has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 856.

Basi covers 756.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basi falls under Khekada tehsil of Baghpat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basi is Sanehra Halt, about 1.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Basi.

Basi is about 9.4 km from Baghpat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basi is in Khekada tehsil of Baghpat district. Sanehra Halt is about 1.8 km away. Khekra is about 3.8 km away. Khekada is about 9.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sunehra (1.7 km), Saidpur Kalan (2.9 km) and Anandpur Urf Bandpur (3.0 km).

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

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