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About Basai Village

Basai is a large village in Patiyali tehsil, in the district of Kanshiram Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,770, made up of 1,424 males and 1,346 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134.87 hectares hectares.

Basai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basai village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanshiram Nagar
Tehsil Patiyali
Area (hectares) 134.87 hectares
Population 2,770
Male Population 1,424
Female Population 1,346
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 945
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Basai compares

By the 2011 count Basai is the 39th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,746 residents. Its 134.87 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 865.

Getting to Basai

Basai 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 Basai as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Basai from other places

Basai lies about 8.6 km from Kanshiram Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Garkha, about 2.5 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 Basai
Nearest railway station Garkha 2.5 km
Nearest town Sahāwar 7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Patiyali 8.6 km
District headquarters Kanshiram Nagar 8.6 km

Villages closest to Basai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basai village had a population of 2,770. That makes it the 39th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,746 residents.

Basai village has 1,424 males and 1,346 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basai has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 865.

Basai covers 134.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Basai falls under Patiyali tehsil of Kanshiram Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basai is Garkha, about 2.5 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 and private bus service as Available for Basai.

Basai is about 8.6 km from Kanshiram Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basai is in Patiyali tehsil of Kanshiram Nagar district. Garkha is about 2.5 km away. Sahāwar is about 7.3 km away. Patiyali is about 8.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nagala Patvariyan (under 2 km), Mohanpur (2.3 km) and Sirsaul (2.8 km).

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

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