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About Basahia Village

Basahia is a mid sized village in Chauri Chaura tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,629, made up of 811 males and 818 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138.03 hectares hectares.

Basahia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basahia village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Chauri Chaura
Area (hectares) 138.03 hectares
Population 1,629
Male Population 811
Female Population 818
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,009
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 Basahia compares

By the 2011 count Basahia is the 92nd largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,155 residents. Its 138.03 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Basahia

The census records public bus service for Basahia 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 Basahia from other places

Basahia lies about 28 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Chauri Chaura, about 3.2 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 Basahia
Nearest railway station Chauri Chaura 3.2 km
Nearest town Rūdarpur 23 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 28 km

Villages closest to Basahia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chauri Chaura 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 Basahia

As per the Census of India 2011, Basahia village had a population of 1,629. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,155 residents.

Basahia village has 811 males and 818 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basahia has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 995.

Basahia covers 138.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basahia falls under Chauri Chaura tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basahia is Chauri Chaura, about 3.2 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 Basahia.

Basahia is about 28 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basahia is in Chauri Chaura tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Chauri Chaura is about 3.2 km away. Rūdarpur is about 23 km away. Gorakhpur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khairabad (1.8 km), Bal Khurd (2.4 km) and Bal Bujurg (2.4 km).

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

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