About Basiraha Village

Basiraha is a mid sized village in Shahganj tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,164, made up of 543 males and 621 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,144 females per 1000 males. The village covers 86.56 hectares hectares.

Basiraha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basiraha village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Jaunpur
Tehsil	Shahganj
Area (hectares)	86.56 hectares
Population	1,164
Male Population	543
Female Population	621
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,144
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basiraha compares

By the 2011 count Basiraha is the 213th largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents. Its 86.56 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Basiraha

Basiraha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Basiraha as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Basiraha from other places

Basiraha lies about 25 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Sri Krishna Nagar, about 7.5 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 Basiraha
Nearest railway station	Sri Krishna Nagar	7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahganj	23 km
Nearest town	Shāhganj	23 km
District headquarters	Jaunpur	25 km

Villages closest to Basiraha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basiraha village had a population of 1,164. That makes it the 213th largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents.

Basiraha village has 543 males and 621 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basiraha has about 1144 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

Basiraha covers 86.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basiraha falls under Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basiraha is Sri Krishna Nagar, about 7.5 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Basiraha.

Basiraha 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.

Basiraha is in Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district. Sri Krishna Nagar is about 7.5 km away. Shahganj is about 23 km away. Shāhganj is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.