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About Daria Basti Village

Daria Basti is a mid sized village in Hojai tehsil, in the district of Nagaon, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,527, made up of 755 males and 772 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 782435, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Daria Basti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Daria Basti village
Description Value
State Assam
District Nagaon
Tehsil Hojai
Pincode 782435
Area (hectares) 66.23 hectares
Population 1,527
Male Population 755
Female Population 772
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,023
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Daria Basti compares

By the 2011 count Daria Basti is the 45th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,642 residents. Its 66.23 hectares work out to about 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Daria Basti

Daria Basti is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Daria Basti as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Daria Basti from other places

Daria Basti lies about 66 km from Nagaon, and the nearest railway station is Habaipur, about 7.6 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Daria Basti
Nearest railway station Habaipur 7.6 km
Nearest town Lanka 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Hojai 22 km
District headquarters Nagaon 66 km

Villages closest to Daria Basti

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Hojai tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Daria Basti

As per the Census of India 2011, Daria Basti village had a population of 1,527. That makes it the 45th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,642 residents.

Daria Basti village has 755 males and 772 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Daria Basti has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Daria Basti is 782435. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Daria Basti covers 66.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Daria Basti falls under Hojai tehsil of Nagaon district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Daria Basti is Habaipur, about 7.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Daria Basti.

Daria Basti is about 66 km from Nagaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Daria Basti is in Hojai tehsil of Nagaon district. Habaipur is about 7.6 km away. Lanka is about 13 km away. Hojai is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Malik Basti (under 2 km), Lankajan (13 km) and Dhal Pukhuri (16 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Daria Basti today is likely to be higher.

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