About Basila Village

Basila is a large village in Sakaldiha tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,432, made up of 1,807 males and 1,625 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 188.63 hectares hectares.

Basila Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basila village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Chandauli
Tehsil	Sakaldiha
Area (hectares)	188.63 hectares
Population	3,432
Male Population	1,807
Female Population	1,625
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Basila compares

By the 2011 count Basila is the 36th 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 188.63 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Basila

Basila is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basila 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basila from other places

Basila lies about 4.8 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Ganj Khawaja, about 4.3 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 Basila
Nearest railway station	Ganj Khawaja	4.3 km
District headquarters	Chandauli	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sakaldiha	8.2 km

Villages closest to Basila

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.

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Common questions about Basila

As per the Census of India 2011, Basila village had a population of 3,432. That makes it the 36th 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.

Basila village has 1,807 males and 1,625 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basila has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Basila covers 188.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Basila is Ganj Khawaja, about 4.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Basila.

Basila is about 4.8 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basila is in Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district. Ganj Khawaja is about 4.3 km away. Chandauli is about 4.8 km away. Sakaldiha is about 8.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.