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About Basapur Village

Basapur is a small village in Mariahu tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 376, made up of 160 males and 216 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,350 females per 1000 males. The village covers 230.05 hectares hectares.

Basapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basapur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Mariahu
Area (hectares) 230.05 hectares
Population 376
Male Population 160
Female Population 216
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,350
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basapur compares

By the 2011 count Basapur is the 444th largest of the 591 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,188 residents. Its 230.05 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1086.

Getting to Basapur

Basapur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Basapur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basapur from other places

Basapur lies about 25 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Mariahu, about 7.9 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 Basapur
Nearest railway station Mariahu 7.9 km
Nearest town Mariāhu 8.3 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 25 km

Villages closest to Basapur

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.

Common questions about Basapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Basapur village had a population of 376. That makes it the 444th largest of the 591 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,188 residents.

Basapur village has 160 males and 216 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basapur has about 1350 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1086.

Basapur covers 230.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Basapur is Mariahu, about 7.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ 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 Basapur.

Basapur is about 25 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basapur is in Mariahu tehsil of Jaunpur district. Mariahu is about 7.9 km away. Mariāhu is about 8.3 km away. Jaunpur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Sumeshwarpur (under 2 km), Gulalpur (under 2 km) and Buddhipur (under 2 km).

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

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