About Basauni Village

Basauni is a small village in Barahat tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 175, made up of 90 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41 hectares hectares.

Basauni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basauni village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Barahat
Area (hectares)	41 hectares
Population	175
Male Population	90
Female Population	85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basauni compares

By the 2011 count Basauni is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,359 residents. Its 41 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Basauni

Basauni is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basauni as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basauni from other places

Basauni lies about 13 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Panjwara Road, about 4.7 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 Basauni
Nearest railway station	Panjwara Road	4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barahat	6.1 km
District headquarters	Banka	13 km
Nearest town	Bānka	13 km

Villages closest to Basauni

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

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Common questions about Basauni

As per the Census of India 2011, Basauni village had a population of 175. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,359 residents.

Basauni village has 90 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basauni has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

Basauni covers 41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basauni falls under Barahat tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basauni is Panjwara Road, about 4.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Basauni.

Basauni is about 13 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basauni is in Barahat tehsil of Banka district. Panjwara Road is about 4.7 km away. Barahat is about 6.1 km away. Banka is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.