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About Basui Village

Basui is a large village in Lalgola tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,676, made up of 2,334 males and 2,342 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 453.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basui Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basui village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Murshidabad
Tehsil Lalgola
Pincode 742148
Area (hectares) 453.64 hectares
Population 4,676
Male Population 2,334
Female Population 2,342
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basui compares

By the 2011 count Basui is the 22nd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 4,037 residents. Its 453.64 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Basui

Basui is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Basui as Available within 5 - 10 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Arazi Manidanga, Arazi Narayanpur, Badagare and Bajupur Madhupur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Basui

As per the Census of India 2011, Basui village had a population of 4,676. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,037 residents.

Basui village has 2,334 males and 2,342 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basui has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Basui is 742148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basui covers 453.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basui falls under Lalgola tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The census record for Basui notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Basui.

Basui is in Lalgola tehsil of Murshidabad district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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