About Basowai Village

Basowai is a mid sized village in Moth tehsil, in the district of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,488, made up of 796 males and 692 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 387.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 284303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basowai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basowai village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Jhansi
Tehsil	Moth
Pincode	284303
Area (hectares)	387.45 hectares
Population	1,488
Male Population	796
Female Population	692
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Basowai compares

By the 2011 count Basowai is the 59th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 387.45 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Basowai

Basowai is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Basowai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basowai from other places

Basowai lies about 51 km from Jhansi, and the nearest railway station is Moth, about 4.0 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 Basowai
Nearest railway station	Moth	4.0 km
Nearest town	Samthar	8.3 km
District headquarters	Jhansi	51 km

Villages closest to Basowai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basowai village had a population of 1,488. That makes it the 59th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Basowai village has 796 males and 692 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basowai has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 903.

The pincode recorded for Basowai is 284303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basowai covers 387.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basowai falls under Moth tehsil of Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basowai is Moth, about 4.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available for Basowai.

Basowai is about 51 km from Jhansi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basowai is in Moth tehsil of Jhansi district. Moth is about 4.0 km away. Samthar is about 8.3 km away. Jhansi is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.