About Basohara Village

Basohara is a mid sized village in Shambhuganj tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,619, made up of 852 males and 767 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109 hectares hectares.

Basohara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basohara village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Shambhuganj
Area (hectares)	109 hectares
Population	1,619
Male Population	852
Female Population	767
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Basohara compares

By the 2011 count Basohara is the 45th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,328 residents. Its 109 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Basohara

Basohara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basohara as Available within 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basohara from other places

Basohara lies about 26 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Kamarganj, about 23 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 Basohara
Nearest town	Amarpur	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kamarganj	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shambhuganj	26 km
District headquarters	Banka	26 km

Villages closest to Basohara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basohara village had a population of 1,619. That makes it the 45th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,328 residents.

Basohara village has 852 males and 767 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basohara has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 879.

Basohara covers 109 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basohara falls under Shambhuganj tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basohara is Kamarganj, about 23 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Basohara is about 26 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basohara is in Shambhuganj tehsil of Banka district. Amarpur is about 18 km away. Kamarganj is about 23 km away. Shambhuganj is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.