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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 509322
- Pincode
- 384001
- Post office
- Mahesana Bazar
- Population
- 3,039
- Households
- 651
- Literacy rate
- 78.9%
- Sex ratio
- 958 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,415
- Distance to district centre
- 16 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 51 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 510 km
- Nearest railway station
- Piludra · 1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dayasagar hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Basana compares
By population, Basana ranks #21 of 58 villages in Visnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
78.9%
+2.7% vs mandal average
- Basana
- 78.9%
- Visnagar mandal
- 76.2%
- Mahesana district
- 73.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
958
+29 vs mandal average
- Basana
- 958
- Visnagar mandal
- 929
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Basana
- 4.7
- Visnagar mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basana at a glance
Basana is a village of 3,039 people in 651 households (Census 2011) in Visnagar taluka, Mahesana district, Gujarat, the 21st-largest of 58 villages in Visnagar taluka. Literacy is 79%, 3 points above the taluka average of 76% and the sex ratio is 958 women per 1,000 men. It lies 16 km from the Mahesana district centre, 7 km from Davol, the nearest town, 1 km from Piludra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 384001, served by Mahesana Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 509322. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dayasagar hospital, 6 km away. The village votes in Visnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rushikesh Ganeshbhai Patel. The population is estimated at 3,583 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Basana →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basana · this village | 3,039 | 79% | — |
| Becharpura · Visnagar | 1,562 | 72% | 1.8 km S |
| Tavadia · Sidhpur | 1,977 | 79% | 1.8 km SW |
| Piludra · Prantij | 3,526 | 67% | 2.6 km NW |
| Dela · Mahesana | 1,912 | 77% | 2.8 km SW |
| Dela · Chitalwana | 685 | 47% | 2.8 km SW |
| Chitrodipura · Mahesana | 1,630 | 69% | 4.1 km S |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Basana
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MAHESANA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 7
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 7
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BASANA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,018.57
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 400
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Basana
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Basana
- LGD code
- 509322
- Pincode
- 384001
- Post office
- Mahesana Bazar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,039
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,583
- Households
- 651
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 958
- Literacy rate
- 78.9%
- Coordinates
- 23.64448°N, 72.44909°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mahesana
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Visnagar
- Member of Parliament
- Haribhai Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rushikesh Ganeshbhai Patel
- Block / Mandal
- Visnagar
- Nearest railway station
- Piludra (1.1 km)
Getting there
How to reach Basana
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar51 kmcapital
- Mumbai510 km
- Delhi729 km
- Hyderabad938 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPiludra1 km
- Bus stopManav ashram busstop5 km
- Hospital / PHCDayasagar hospital6 km
- ATM / bankBank of baroda5 km
- Petrol pumpEssar pump4 km
- CollegeIGNOU7 km
- Police stationpolice parade Ground7 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Piludra1.1 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Basana
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Basana
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫N.G. iNTERNATIONALSchool4.2 km ↗
Same pincode
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View all 57+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)