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About Basia Village

Basia is a mid sized village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,808, made up of 964 males and 844 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110.13 hectares hectares.

Basia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basia village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Sahjanwa
Area (hectares) 110.13 hectares
Population 1,808
Male Population 964
Female Population 844
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 876
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 Basia compares

By the 2011 count Basia is the 58th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 110.13 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Basia

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

Basia lies about 16 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Sahjanwa, about 1.7 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 Basia
Nearest railway station Sahjanwa 1.7 km
Nearest town Khalīlābād 13 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 16 km

Villages closest to Basia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basia village had a population of 1,808. That makes it the 58th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Basia village has 964 males and 844 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basia has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Basia covers 110.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Basia falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basia is Sahjanwa, about 1.7 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 Basia.

Basia is about 16 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basia is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Sahjanwa is about 1.7 km away. Khalīlābād is about 13 km away. Gorakhpur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Semra (under 2 km), Semradanri (under 2 km) and Daftari (under 2 km).

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

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