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About Basi Village

Basi is a mid sized village in Misrikh tehsil, in the district of Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,116, made up of 585 males and 531 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 234.65 hectares hectares.

Basi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basi village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sitapur
Tehsil Misrikh
Area (hectares) 234.65 hectares
Population 1,116
Male Population 585
Female Population 531
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 908
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basi compares

By the 2011 count Basi is the 284th largest of the 553 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,522 residents. Its 234.65 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 870.

Getting to Basi

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

Basi lies about 17 km from Sitapur, and the nearest railway station is Misrikh Tirath, about 5.6 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 Basi
Tehsil headquarters Misrikh 5.4 km
Nearest railway station Misrikh Tirath 5.6 km
District headquarters Sitapur 17 km
Nearest town Sītāpur 17 km

Villages closest to Basi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basi village had a population of 1,116. That makes it the 284th largest of the 553 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,522 residents.

Basi village has 585 males and 531 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basi has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 870.

Basi covers 234.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basi falls under Misrikh tehsil of Sitapur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basi is Misrikh Tirath, about 5.6 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 Basi.

Basi is about 17 km from Sitapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basi is in Misrikh tehsil of Sitapur district. Misrikh is about 5.4 km away. Misrikh Tirath is about 5.6 km away. Sitapur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tikra Tikar (under 2 km), Mamkapur (1.7 km) and Mankapur (1.7 km).

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

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