About Basuka Village

Basuka is one of the larger villages in Zamania tehsil, in the district of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8,326, made up of 4,354 males and 3,972 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 534.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 232324, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basuka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basuka village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Ghazipur
Tehsil	Zamania
Pincode	232324
Area (hectares)	534.08 hectares
Population	8,326
Male Population	4,354
Female Population	3,972
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Basuka compares

By the 2011 count Basuka is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,294 residents. Its 534.08 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Basuka

Basuka 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 Basuka as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basuka from other places

Basuka lies about 20 km from Ghazipur, and the nearest railway station is Karahia Halt, about 3.1 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 Basuka
Nearest railway station	Karahia Halt	3.1 km
Nearest town	Muhammadābād	16 km
District headquarters	Ghazipur	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Zamania	20 km

Villages closest to Basuka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basuka village had a population of 8,326. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,294 residents.

Basuka village has 4,354 males and 3,972 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basuka has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Basuka is 232324. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basuka covers 534.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Basuka falls under Zamania tehsil of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basuka is Karahia Halt, about 3.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Basuka.

Basuka is about 20 km from Ghazipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basuka is in Zamania tehsil of Ghazipur district. Karahia Halt is about 3.1 km away. Muhammadābād is about 16 km away. Ghazipur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.