Basai is a village in

Gurgaon Gurgaon (pronunciation: �ʊɽɡãːw, officially named Gurugram (pronunciation: �ʊɾʊɡɾaːm, is a city located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest of the nationa ...

Mandal in

Gurgaon District Gurgaon district, officially known as Gurugram district, is one of the 22 districts of Haryana in northern India. The city of Gurgaon is the administrative headquarters of the district. The population is 1,514,432. It is one of the southern dist ...

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

state in India. Basai is 4 km distance from its district main city Gurgaon and 282 km distance from its state main city

Chandigarh Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which al ...

. It has a population of about 20980 persons living in around 2195 households. Basai village is famed for

Basai wetland Basai wetland, located in Basai village in Gurgaon tehsil in Gurgaon district in Haryana, India, is a flora and fauna rich water body. It is recognised as one of India's Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas and is of global conservation signifi ...

home of endangered migrant birds.

Location

Other villages in Gurgaon

Tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

are Jharsa, Gadoli,

Bajghera Bajghera is a mid-sized village located in the district of Gurgaon in the state of Haryana in India. It has a population of about 3251 persons living in around 584 households. Bajghera is 8.966 k.m. km far from its mandal main town Gurgaon. ...

, Bamroli,

Kadipur Kadipur is a town, tehsil and a nagar panchayat in Sultanpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located a short distance from the bank of the Gomti River, at a crossroads between two roads heading from Sultanpur to Surapur and ...

Khandsa Khandsa is a village in Gurgaon mandal in Gurgaon District, Haryana State, India. It is populated by brahmans and rajputs, Khandsa is several kilometres from main Gurgaon, main town of the mandal and from the state capital Chandigarh. It has a ...

Chakkarpur Chakkarpur is a big village in Gurugram city of Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21 ...

, Chandu,

Daultabad Daulatabad is a panchayat village in Kiraoli Tehsil of Agra district. This village is surrounded by three towns viz Kiraoli, Acchhnera and Fatehpur Sikri. Administratively it is a Village Panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village ...

and

Dhanwapur Dhanwapur is one of the villages in Gurgaon Mandal in Gurgaon District in Haryana state. Dhanwapur is 2.940 km far from its district main city Gurgaon. It is 252 km far from its state main city Chandigarh. One can follow Dhanwapur road ...

. Nearby villages of this village with distance are

Dhankot Dhankot is a village in Gurgaon , Gurgaon District, Haryana, in India. Dhankot is 6.842 km distance from its mandal main town Gurgaon. Dhankot is 8.327 km distance from its district main city Gurgaon. It lies on Basai road towards Far ...

(2.916 km) and

Sohna Sohna is a town and a municipal committee in the Gurgaon district of Haryana, India. A popular tourist weekend and conference retreat, it is on the highway from Gurgaon to Alwar near a vertical rock. Sohna is known for its hot springs and Shiva t ...

(30 km).

Administration

Basai Pin Code is 122006 and Post office name is Basai. Other villages in (122006) are Basai and Gadoli.

Basai wetland

The Basai village is also the location of

, recognised globally as an

Important Bird Area An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations. IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife Int ...

by the

BirdLife International BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats. BirdLife International's priorities include preventing extinction of bird species, identifying and safeguarding ...

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.Government must save Basai ‘wetland’ to keep Gurugram liveable, save ecosystem
Hindustan Times, 29 Jan 2019.

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{{Gurgaon district topics Villages in Gurgaon district

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Administration

Basai wetland

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