About Basauna Village

Basauna is a large village in Jagdishpur tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,670, made up of 1,379 males and 1,291 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 304 hectares hectares.

Basauna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basauna village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Jagdishpur
Area (hectares)	304 hectares
Population	2,670
Male Population	1,379
Female Population	1,291
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basauna compares

By the 2011 count Basauna is the 39th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,264 residents. Its 304 hectares work out to about 8.8 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 909.

Getting to Basauna

Basauna is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basauna as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Basauna from other places

Basauna lies about 142 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Vachaspati Nagar, about 2.0 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 Basauna
Nearest railway station	Vachaspati Nagar	2.0 km
Nearest town	Jhanjhārpur	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jagdishpur	31 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	142 km

Villages closest to Basauna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basauna village had a population of 2,670. That makes it the 39th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,264 residents.

Basauna village has 1,379 males and 1,291 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basauna has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 909.

Basauna covers 304 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basauna falls under Jagdishpur tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basauna is Vachaspati Nagar, about 2.0 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Basauna.

Basauna is about 142 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basauna is in Jagdishpur tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Vachaspati Nagar is about 2.0 km away. Jhanjhārpur is about 13 km away. Jagdishpur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.