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About Sasan Village

Sasan is a small village in Bausi tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 406, made up of 220 males and 186 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101 hectares hectares.

Sasan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sasan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Banka
Tehsil Bausi
Area (hectares) 101 hectares
Population 406
Male Population 220
Female Population 186
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 845
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sasan compares

By the 2011 count Sasan is the 79th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,554 residents. Its 101 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Sasan

Sasan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sasan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sasan from other places

Sasan lies about 15 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Barahat Junction, about 4.8 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 Sasan
Nearest railway station Barahat Junction 4.8 km
District headquarters Banka 15 km
Nearest town Bānka 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Bausi 15 km

Villages closest to Sasan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sasan village had a population of 406. That makes it the 79th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,554 residents.

Sasan village has 220 males and 186 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sasan has about 845 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Sasan covers 101 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sasan falls under Bausi tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sasan is Barahat Junction, about 4.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sasan.

Sasan is about 15 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sasan is in Bausi tehsil of Banka district. Barahat Junction is about 4.8 km away. Banka is about 15 km away. Bānka is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Porai (1.8 km), Itahri (2.3 km) and Jogdiha (2.5 km).

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

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