About Basai Village

Basai is a large village in Meerganj tehsil, in the district of Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,258, made up of 2,267 males and 1,991 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 329.32 hectares hectares.

Basai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basai village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Bareilly
Tehsil	Meerganj
Area (hectares)	329.32 hectares
Population	4,258
Male Population	2,267
Female Population	1,991
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basai compares

By the 2011 count Basai is the 13th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,858 residents. Its 329.32 hectares work out to about 13 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 873.

Getting to Basai

Basai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basai 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basai from other places

Basai lies about 34 km from Bareilly, and the nearest railway station is Milak, about 13 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 Basai
Nearest town	Shīshgarh	9.2 km
Nearest railway station	Milak	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Meerganj	34 km
District headquarters	Bareilly	34 km

Villages closest to Basai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basai village had a population of 4,258. That makes it the 13th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,858 residents.

Basai village has 2,267 males and 1,991 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basai has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 873.

Basai covers 329.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basai falls under Meerganj tehsil of Bareilly district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basai is Milak, about 13 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Basai.

Basai is about 34 km from Bareilly in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basai is in Meerganj tehsil of Bareilly district. Shīshgarh is about 9.2 km away. Milak is about 13 km away. Meerganj is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.