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About Basara Village

Basara is a mid sized village in Bisalpur tehsil, in the district of Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 921, made up of 487 males and 434 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 221.72 hectares hectares.

Basara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basara village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Pilibhit
Tehsil Bisalpur
Area (hectares) 221.72 hectares
Population 921
Male Population 487
Female Population 434
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
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 Basara compares

By the 2011 count Basara is the 243rd largest of the 426 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,256 residents. Its 221.72 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 870.

Getting to Basara

Basara is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Basara 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 Basara from other places

Basara lies about 47 km from Pilibhit, and the nearest railway station is Mighauna, about 6.4 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 Basara
Nearest railway station Mighauna 6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Bisalpur 9.7 km
Nearest town Bīsalpur 9.7 km
District headquarters Pilibhit 47 km

Villages closest to Basara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basara village had a population of 921. That makes it the 243rd largest of the 426 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,256 residents.

Basara village has 487 males and 434 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basara has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 870.

Basara covers 221.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basara falls under Bisalpur tehsil of Pilibhit district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basara is Mighauna, about 6.4 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 Basara.

Basara is about 47 km from Pilibhit in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basara is in Bisalpur tehsil of Pilibhit district. Mighauna is about 6.4 km away. Bisalpur is about 9.7 km away. Bīsalpur is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Uganpur Marori (under 2 km), Barsi Baley Urf Barsia (1.7 km) and Bauni (1.8 km).

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

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