Basai
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Basai is a village in Gurgaon Mandal in Gurgaon District in Haryana state in 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 20980 persons living in around 2195 households.[1][2] Basai village is famed for Basai wetland home of endangered migrant birds, which is under threat from the unsustainable development and urbanization.[3]
Basai | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Basai Location in Haryana, India  Basai Basai (India) | |
| Coordinates: 28°27′41″N 76°59′04″E / 28.461259°N 76.98437°ECoordinates: 28°27′41″N 76°59′04″E / 28.461259°N 76.98437°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Haryana |
| Region | North India |
| District | Gurgaon |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-HR |
| Vehicle registration | HR |
| Website | haryana |
LocationEdit
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).
AdministrationEdit
Basai Pin Code is 122006 and Post office name is Basai. Other villages in (122006) are Basai and Gadoli.
Basai wetlandEdit
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 ny the Government of Haryana.[4]
See alsoEdit
- Gurugram Bhim Kund (Hindi: गुरुग्राम भीम कुंड), also known as Pinchokhda Jhod (Hindi: पिंचोखड़ा जोहड़)
- Delhi Ridge
- Leopards of Haryana
- Gurugram leopard and deer safari
- List of national parks and wildlife sanctuaries of Haryana
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Local information for Choma - Location coordinates(lat long) on map, businesses, tourist places, hotels & restaurants, user added information, local resources
- ↑ "Basai Gurgaon PinCode". citypincode.in. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ↑ Title: Wetland facing threat in India, Publication: Times of India, Published: 18 November 2014, Accessed: 26 March 2016
- ↑ Government must save Basai ‘wetland’ to keep Gurugram liveable, save ecosystem, Hindustan Times, 29 Jan 2019.