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About Basai Village

Basai is a mid sized village in Ramnagar tehsil, in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,302, made up of 659 males and 643 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 173.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 244715, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basai village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Nainital
Tehsil Ramnagar
Pincode 244715
Area (hectares) 173.38 hectares
Population 1,302
Male Population 659
Female Population 643
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 976
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Basai compares

By the 2011 count Basai is the 21st largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 678 residents. Its 173.38 hectares work out to about 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Basai

The census records public bus service for Basai as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 56 km from Nainital, and the nearest railway station is Kashipur Junction, about 3.8 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 Kashipur Junction 3.8 km
Nearest town Kashipur 4.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Ramnagar 30 km
District headquarters Nainital 56 km

Villages closest to Basai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ramnagar 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 1,302. That makes it the 21st largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 678 residents.

Basai village has 659 males and 643 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basai has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Basai is 244715. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basai covers 173.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basai falls under Ramnagar tehsil of Nainital district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Basai is Kashipur Junction, about 3.8 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 within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Basai.

Basai is about 56 km from Nainital in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basai is in Ramnagar tehsil of Nainital district. Kashipur Junction is about 3.8 km away. Kashipur is about 4.0 km away. Ramnagar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shivpur Beljuri (4.7 km), Shivlalpur Riunia (4.8 km) and Devipura (4.8 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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