About Basikalan Village

Basikalan is one of the larger villages in Budhana tehsil, in the district of Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,478, made up of 2,904 males and 2,574 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.08 hectares hectares.

Basikalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basikalan village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Muzaffarnagar
Tehsil	Budhana
Area (hectares)	29.08 hectares
Population	5,478
Male Population	2,904
Female Population	2,574
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basikalan compares

By the 2011 count Basikalan is the 25th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 4,032 residents. Its 29.08 hectares work out to about 188 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 875.

Getting to Basikalan

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

Basikalan lies about 21 km from Muzaffarnagar, and the nearest railway station is Jarauda Nara, about 17 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 Basikalan
Tehsil headquarters	Budhana	9.7 km
Nearest town	Budhāna	9.7 km
Nearest railway station	Jarauda Nara	17 km
District headquarters	Muzaffarnagar	21 km

Villages closest to Basikalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basikalan village had a population of 5,478. That makes it the 25th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,032 residents.

Basikalan village has 2,904 males and 2,574 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basikalan has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 875.

Basikalan covers 29.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 188 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Basikalan falls under Budhana tehsil of Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basikalan is Jarauda Nara, about 17 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Basikalan.

Basikalan is about 21 km from Muzaffarnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basikalan is in Budhana tehsil of Muzaffarnagar district. Budhana is about 9.7 km away. Budhāna is about 9.7 km away. Jarauda Nara is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.