Basarh

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| name = Basarh

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| settlement_type = village

| image_skyline = File:N-BR-69 Raja Vishal Garh (10).jpg

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| image_caption = Ruins of the ancient fort at Basarh

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| pushpin_map = India Bihar#India

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| coordinates = {{coord|25.97729|85.13231|display=inline,title}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = India

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Bihar

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Vaishali

| subdivision_type3 = Block

| subdivision_name3 = Vaishali

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| area_total_km2 = 10.01

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| population_total = 14084

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| timezone1 = IST

| utc_offset1 = +5:30

| postal_code_type = Postal Index Number

| postal_code = 844128

| area_code_type = STD code

| area_code = 06223

| registration_plate = BR-

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| iso_code = BR-IN

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Basarh is a village in the Vaishali district of Bihar, India. It is the location of the ancient Vaishali city.{{cite book |author=Janice Leoshko |title=Sacred Traces: British Explorations of Buddhism in South Asia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gS4rDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA74 |year=2017 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-351-55030-7 |page=74 }}{{cite book |author=Dilip Kumar |title=Archaeology of Vaishali |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zLq1AAAAIAAJ |year=1986 |publisher=Ramanand Vidya Bhawan |oclc=18520132 |page=36 }}

According to the 2011 census of India, Basarh has 14,084 people in 2,667 households. The population includes 7,289 males and 6,795 females. The effective literacy rate (that is, literacy rate of the population aged 6 years and above) of the village is 56.84%. The area of the village is 10.01 km².{{cite web |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/1018_PART_B_DCHB_VAISHALI.pdf |title=Vaishali district census handbook |year=2011 |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations |access-date=4 February 2019 }}

File:Basarh lion, DGASI, before 1929.jpg|The Basarh lion pillar