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About Basani Village

Basani is a large village in Sakaldiha tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,889, made up of 2,000 males and 1,889 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 299.89 hectares hectares.

Basani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basani village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Chandauli
Tehsil Sakaldiha
Area (hectares) 299.89 hectares
Population 3,889
Male Population 2,000
Female Population 1,889
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 944
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Basani compares

By the 2011 count Basani is the 22nd largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents. Its 299.89 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Basani

The census records public bus service for Basani as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Basani from other places

Basani lies about 12 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Chandauli Majhwar, about 12 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 Basani
District headquarters Chandauli 12 km
Nearest railway station Chandauli Majhwar 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Sakaldiha 22 km

Villages closest to Basani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basani village had a population of 3,889. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents.

Basani village has 2,000 males and 1,889 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basani has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 929.

Basani covers 299.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basani falls under Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basani is Chandauli Majhwar, about 12 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 <5 km distance for Basani.

Basani is about 12 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basani is in Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district. Chandauli is about 12 km away. Chandauli Majhwar is about 12 km away. Sakaldiha 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 Hingutar Jagdishpur (6.0 km), Neknampur (6.5 km) and Paranpur (6.6 km).

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

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