About Basaha Village

Basaha is a small village in Harraiya tehsil, in the district of Basti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 315, made up of 173 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 821 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.89 hectares hectares.

Basaha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basaha village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Basti
Tehsil	Harraiya
Area (hectares)	64.89 hectares
Population	315
Male Population	173
Female Population	142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	821
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basaha compares

By the 2011 count Basaha is the 897th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 641 residents. Its 64.89 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Basaha

Basaha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basaha as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Basaha from other places

Basaha lies about 59 km from Basti, and the nearest railway station is Lehra, about 6.9 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 Basaha
Nearest railway station	Lehra	6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Harraiya	17 km
Nearest town	Mehndāwal	19 km
District headquarters	Basti	59 km

Villages closest to Basaha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basaha village had a population of 315. That makes it the 897th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 641 residents.

Basaha village has 173 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basaha has about 821 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Basaha covers 64.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basaha falls under Harraiya tehsil of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basaha is Lehra, about 6.9 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Basaha.

Basaha is about 59 km from Basti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basaha is in Harraiya tehsil of Basti district. Lehra is about 6.9 km away. Harraiya is about 17 km away. Mehndāwal is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.