About Basai Village

Basai is a small village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 390, made up of 209 males and 181 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 81.9 hectares hectares.

Basai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basai village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shahjahanpur
Tehsil	Powayan
Area (hectares)	81.9 hectares
Population	390
Male Population	209
Female Population	181
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	866
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basai compares

By the 2011 count Basai is the 483rd largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 81.9 hectares work out to about 4.8 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 894.

Getting to Basai

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

Basai lies about 18 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Dhakia Tiwari, about 3.4 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 Basai
Nearest railway station	Dhakia Tiwari	3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Powayan	18 km
District headquarters	Shahjahanpur	18 km
Nearest town	Shāhjānpur	18 km

Villages closest to Basai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basai village had a population of 390. That makes it the 483rd largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Basai village has 209 males and 181 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basai has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 894.

Basai covers 81.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basai falls under Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basai is Dhakia Tiwari, about 3.4 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Basai.

Basai is about 18 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basai is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Dhakia Tiwari is about 3.4 km away. Powayan is about 18 km away. Shahjahanpur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.