About Basauri Village

Basauri is a small village in Sandesh tehsil, in the district of Bhojpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 484, made up of 254 males and 230 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84 hectares hectares.

Basauri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basauri village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhojpur
Tehsil	Sandesh
Area (hectares)	84 hectares
Population	484
Male Population	254
Female Population	230
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	906
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 Basauri compares

By the 2011 count Basauri is the 41st largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,334 residents. Its 84 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Basauri

Basauri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basauri 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 Basauri from other places

Basauri lies about 18 km from Bhojpur, and the nearest railway station is Pawakhali, about 15 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 Basauri
Nearest town	Bahādurganj	3.7 km
Nearest railway station	Pawakhali	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sandesh	18 km
District headquarters	Bhojpur	18 km

Villages closest to Basauri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basauri village had a population of 484. That makes it the 41st largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,334 residents.

Basauri village has 254 males and 230 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basauri has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 932.

Basauri covers 84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basauri falls under Sandesh tehsil of Bhojpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basauri is Pawakhali, about 15 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 Basauri.

Basauri is about 18 km from Bhojpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basauri is in Sandesh tehsil of Bhojpur district. Bahādurganj is about 3.7 km away. Pawakhali is about 15 km away. Sandesh is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.