About Basdewa Village

Basdewa is a mid sized village in Nawanagar tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,569, made up of 823 males and 746 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71 hectares hectares.

Basdewa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basdewa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Nawanagar
Area (hectares)	71 hectares
Population	1,569
Male Population	823
Female Population	746
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	906
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basdewa compares

By the 2011 count Basdewa is the 28th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,775 residents. Its 71 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Basdewa

Basdewa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basdewa 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 Basdewa from other places

Basdewa lies about 27 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Twining Ganj, about 16 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 Basdewa
Tehsil headquarters	Nawanagar	4.6 km
Nearest town	Dumraon	15 km
Nearest railway station	Twining Ganj	16 km
District headquarters	Buxar	27 km

Villages closest to Basdewa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basdewa village had a population of 1,569. That makes it the 28th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,775 residents.

Basdewa village has 823 males and 746 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basdewa has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Basdewa covers 71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Basdewa falls under Nawanagar tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basdewa is Twining Ganj, about 16 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 Basdewa.

Basdewa is about 27 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basdewa is in Nawanagar tehsil of Buxar district. Nawanagar is about 4.6 km away. Dumraon is about 15 km away. Twining Ganj is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.