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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Basar
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = te
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| image_skyline = Basar Temple view 02.jpg
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| image_caption = Basar Temple view
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Telangana, India
| coordinates = {{coord|18|53|N|77|57|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Telangana]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Nirmal district|Nirmal]]
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| elevation_m = 579
| population_total = 3834
| population_as_of = 2001
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| website = {{URL|telangana.gov.in}}
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
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[[File:JameMasjid.png|thumb|Jame Mosque,Basar]]
[[File:Veda sila at basara.JPG|thumb|250px|Veda sila at Basar]]

'''Basar''' or '''Basara''' is a [[census town]] in [[Nirmal district]] in the state of [[Telangana]], [[India]].It is located about {{convert|208|km|mi|0}} north of the state capital [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], {{convert|34|km|mi|0}} from [[Nizamabad, Telangana|Nizamabad]] and {{convert|73|km|mi|0}} from the district headquarters [[Nirmal]].<ref>{{Cite web
| url = http://newdistrictsformation.telangana.gov.in/uploads/gos-circulars/1476129948200223.Nirmal.pdf
| title = Adilabad District
| accessdate = 2016-10-18
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161019094550/http://newdistrictsformation.telangana.gov.in/uploads/gos-circulars/1476129948200223.Nirmal.pdf
| archive-date = 19 October 2016
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>

== Geography ==
Basar is located at {{coord|18|53|N|77|57|E| region:IN_type:city}}
It has an average elevation of 579 metres (1899 feet).

It is located on the banks of [[Godavari|River Godavari]] and is famous for its [[Basar – Saraswathi temple|Saraswathi temple]] in India. This temple is one of the very few temples of [[Saraswati|Goddess Saraswati]] in [[India]].

== Demographics ==
{{update|section|date=February 2012}}
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999
| archivedate = 2004-06-16
| title = Census of India 2001: Data fromc the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)
| accessdate = 2008-11-01
| work =
| publisher = Census Commission of India
}}</ref> Basar had a population of 3834. Males constitute 56% of the population and females 44%. Basara has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 61% of the males and 39% of females literate. 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

== Rail transport ==
Basar (Railway Station Code: '''BSX''') is a [[List of railway stations in India|railway station]] under [[Hyderabad railway division|Hyderabad Division]] of [[South Central Railway]](SCR). It is the last Telangana station on the Secunderabad-Manmad line. The next station [[Dharmabad]], lies in Maharashtra. The town of Basar is connected to [[Nizamabad, Telangana|Nizamabad]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Nanded]], [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]] and [[Mumbai]].

== Saraswathi temple ==
The [[ Gnana Saraswati Temple, Basar]] is a temple of [[Saraswati]], the Hindu Goddess of Knowledge and Learning. Children are brought here to do the learning ceremony called ''Akshara Abyasam'' (means "initiation into education").

It is situated about 200 km from Hyderabad and 34.8 km from Nizamabad and 72 km from its district headquarters Nirmal. Basar is 600 km from Mumbai, by a train on the new Secunderabad – Mumbai Devagiri Express.<ref name="Basaratemple">{{cite web
| url = http://www.basaratemple.org
| publisher = Basaratemple.org
| title = OM Namo Sri Gnana Saraswathi Devi Namaha
| accessdate = 2016-11-12
}}</ref>

== Education ==
The town is also home to [[Rajiv Gandhi University of Technologies]], a state university offering engineering courses that was established in 2008.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Nirmal district]]

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