Basai

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Basai
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Basai
Location in Haryana, India
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Basai
Basai (India)
Coordinates: 28°27′41″N76°59′04″E / 28.461259°N 76.98437°E / 28.461259; 76.98437
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Haryana
Region North India
District Gurgaon
Languages
  Official Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
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ISO 3166 code IN-HR
Vehicle registration HR
Website haryana.gov.in

Basai is a village in Gurgaon Mandal, Gurgaon District, Haryana, India. Basai is 4 km distance from its district main city Gurgaon and 282 km distance from its state main city Chandigarh. It has a population of about 20,980 persons living in around 2,195 households. [1] [2] Basai village is famous for the Basai wetland home of endangered migrant birds.

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Location

Other villages in Gurgaon Tehsil are Jharsa, Gadoli, Bajghera, Bamroli, Kadipur, Khandsa, Chakkarpur, Chandu, Daultabad and Dhanwapur.

Nearby villages of this village with distance are Dhankot (2.916 km) and Sohna (30 km).

Administration

Basai Pin Code is 122006 and the post office name is Basai. Other villages in Pin Code 122006 are Basai and Gadoli.

Basai wetland

The Basai village is also the location of Basai wetland, recognised globally as an Important Bird Area by the BirdLife International housing 20,000 birds of over 280 species including migratory and endangered birds, has not yet been declared a protected wetland by the Government of Haryana. [3]

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References

  1. Local information for Choma - Location coordinates(lat long) on map, businesses, tourist places, hotels & restaurants, user added information, local resources
  2. "Basai Gurgaon PinCode". citypincode.in. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  3. Government must save Basai ‘wetland’ to keep Gurugram liveable, save ecosystem, Hindustan Times, 29 Jan 2019.