Basai, Hooghly
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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox settlement
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| settlement_type = Census Town
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| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = West Bengal
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Hooghly
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 8,772
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
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| demographics1_info1 = Bengali, English
| timezone1 = IST
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| area_code = +91 33
| registration_plate = WB
| blank1_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = Srerampur
| blank2_name_sec1 = Vidhan Sabha constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = Uttarpara
| website = {{URL|hooghly.gov.in/}}
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Basai is a census town in Sreerampur Uttarpara CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
{{OSM Location map
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| coord={{coord|22|42|50|N|88|19|50|E}}| float=left|caption=Cities and towns in the Sreerampur Uttarpara CD Block in Srirampore subdivision in Hooghly district
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town,
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
|mark-coord1={{coord|23|0|45|N|88|19|11|E}} | label-pos1=right|label1=Baidyabati | numbered1=M| mark-title1= Baidyabati (M)|label-color1=#800000 |label-size1=11| mark-size1=12|shape1=l-circle|shape-color1=#800000|shape-outline1=white|label-offset-x1=2
|mark-coord2={{coord|22|45|15|N|88|20|24|E}} | label-pos2=right|label2=Serampore| numbered2=M| mark-title2= Serampore (M)
|mark-coord3={{coord|22|42|36|N|88|21|0|E}} | label-pos3=right|label3=Rishra| numbered3=M| mark-title3= Rishra (M)
|mark-coord4={{coord|22|41|50|N|88|19|20|E}} | label-pos4=left|label4=Konnagar| numbered4=M| mark-title4= Konnagar (M)
|mark-coord5={{coord|22|40|57|N|88|20|0|E}} | label-pos5=right|label5= Uttarpara Kotrung| numbered5=M| mark-title5= Uttarpara Kotrung (M)
|mark-coord6={{coord|22|45|3|N|88|17|34|E}} | label-pos6=left|label6=Belumilki| numbered6=CT| mark-title6= Belumilki (CT)| shape-color6=#A40000
|mark-coord7={{coord|22|45|36|N|88|19|12|E}} | label-pos7=top|label7=Dakshin|labela7= Rajyadharpur| numbered7=CT| mark-title7= Dakshin Rajyadharpur (CT)| shape-color7=#A40000
|mark-coord8={{coord|22|43|34|N|88|19|38|E}} | label-pos8=right|label8= Rishra| numbered8=CT| mark-title8= Rishra, Sreerampur Uttarpara (CT)| shape-color8=#A40000
|mark-coord9={{coord|22|43|10|N|88|18|45|E}} | label-pos9=right|label9=Bamunari| numbered9=CT| mark-title9= Bamunari (CT)| shape-color9=#A40000
|mark-coord10={{coord|22|42|40|N|88|19|38|E}} | label-pos10=left|label10=Nawapara| numbered10=CT| mark-title10= Nawapara (CT)| shape-color10=#A40000
|mark-coord11={{coord|22|42|10|N|88|20|0|E}} | label-pos11=right|label11=Nabagram Colony| numbered11=CT| mark-title11= Nabagram Colony (CT)| shape-color11=#A40000
|mark-coord12={{coord|22|42|12|N|88|19|10|E}} | label-pos12=left|label12=Basai| numbered12=CT| mark-title12= Basai (CT)|shape-color12=black| label-size12=13|label-color12=black
|mark-coord13={{coord|22|41|30|N|88|19|38|E}} | label-pos13=right|label13=Kanaipur| numbered13=CT| mark-title13= Kanaipur (CT)| shape-color13=#A40000
|mark-coord14={{coord|22|40|10|N|88|18|46|E}} | label-pos14=right|label14=Raghunathpur| numbered14=CT| mark-title14= Raghunathpur (PS-Dankuni) (CT)| shape-color14=#A40000
|mark-coord15={{coord|22.7312|88.3652}}| label15=Hooghly |labela15=River| label-color15 = #77A1CB| label-angle15=0| label-pos15=right| label-size15=10| mark-size15=0| mark-title15 =none}}
=Location=
Basai is located at {{coord|22.703482|N|88.311117|E|}}{{cite web | url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf | title= Census of India 2011, West Bengal: District Census Handbook, Hooghly |work = Map of Serampur-Uttarpara CD Block, page 635| publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal |access-date = 26 September 2018}}Note: Basai is not shown in the Google maps. Its location is based on the map published in the District Census Handbook, linked above.
Rishra (CT), Bamunari, Nawapara, Nabagram Colony, Kanaipur, Basai and Raghunathpur (PS-Dankuni) form a cluster of census towns on the eastern side of the series of statutory towns/ cities – Rishra, Konnagar and Uttarpara.
The area consists of flat alluvial plains, that form a part of the Gangetic Delta. This belt is highly industrialised.{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA | work= Physiography, Page 17-24|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 28 September 2018 }}
=Urbanisation=
Srirampore subdivision is the most urbanized of the subdivisions in Hooghly district. 73.13% of the population in the subdivision is urban and 26.88% is rural. The subdivision has 6 municipalities and 34 census towns. The municipalities are: Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality, Konnagar Municipality, Serampore Municipality, Baidyabati Municipality, Rishra Municipality and Dankuni Municipality. Amongst the CD Blocks in the subdivision, Uttarapara Serampore (census towns shown in the map alongside) had 76% urban population, Chanditala I 42%, Chanditala II 69% and Jangipara 7% (census towns in the last 3 CD Blocks are shown in a separate map).{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly |work = Table 2.2, 2.4(a) |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 3 October 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |archive-date = 21 January 2019 |url-status = dead }}{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 3 October 2018}} All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Demographics
As per 2011 Census of India Basai (CT) had a total population of 8,772 of which 4,511 (51%) were males and 4,261 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 805. The total number of literates in Basai was 7,038 (88.31% of the population over 6 years).
=Dankuni Urban Agglomeration=
As per the 2011 census, Dankuni Urban Agglomeration includes: Dankuni (M), Purba Tajpur (CT), Kharsarai (CT), Begampur (CT), Chikrand (CT), Pairagachha (CT), Barijhati (CT), Garalgachha (CT), Krishnapur (CT), Baruipara (CT), Borai (CT), Nawapara (CT), Basai (CT), Gangadharpur (CT), Manirampur (CT), Janai (CT), Kapashanria (CT), Jaykrishnapur (CT), Tisa (CT), Baksa (CT), Panchghara (CT) and Naiti (CT).{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_4_PR_UAs_1Lakh_and_Above_Appendix.pdf | title = Constituents of urban Agglomerations Having Population 1 Lakh & above |work= Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011|access-date = 20 October 2018 }}
Transport
Konnagar railway station on the Howrah-Bardhaman main line is the nearest railway station.