About Basahara Village

Basahara is a mid sized village in Mariahu tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,372, made up of 673 males and 699 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 351 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 222162, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basahara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basahara village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Jaunpur
Tehsil	Mariahu
Pincode	222162
Area (hectares)	351 hectares
Population	1,372
Male Population	673
Female Population	699
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,039
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Basahara compares

By the 2011 count Basahara is the 180th largest of the 591 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,188 residents. Its 351 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1086.

Getting to Basahara

Basahara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basahara as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Basahara from other places

Basahara lies about 30 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Sarai Kansrai, about 13 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 Basahara
Nearest town	Machhlīshahr	11 km
Nearest railway station	Sarai Kansrai	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mariahu	16 km
District headquarters	Jaunpur	30 km

Villages closest to Basahara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basahara village had a population of 1,372. That makes it the 180th largest of the 591 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,188 residents.

Basahara village has 673 males and 699 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basahara has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1086.

The pincode recorded for Basahara is 222162. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basahara covers 351 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basahara falls under Mariahu tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basahara is Sarai Kansrai, about 13 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 village for Basahara.

Basahara is about 30 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basahara is in Mariahu tehsil of Jaunpur district. Machhlīshahr is about 11 km away. Sarai Kansrai is about 13 km away. Mariahu is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.