About Basahi Village

Basahi is a large village in Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,013, made up of 1,045 males and 968 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 310 hectares hectares.

Basahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basahi village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Rajpur
Area (hectares)	310 hectares
Population	2,013
Male Population	1,045
Female Population	968
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basahi compares

By the 2011 count Basahi is the 33rd largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,239 residents. Its 310 hectares work out to about 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Basahi

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

Basahi lies about 32 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Barakalan, about 22 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 Basahi
Tehsil headquarters	Rajpur	10 km
Nearest railway station	Barakalan	22 km
Nearest town	Nokha	31 km
District headquarters	Buxar	32 km

Villages closest to Basahi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basahi village had a population of 2,013. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,239 residents.

Basahi village has 1,045 males and 968 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basahi has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 925.

Basahi covers 310 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basahi falls under Rajpur tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basahi is Barakalan, about 22 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Basahi.

Basahi is about 32 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basahi is in Rajpur tehsil of Buxar district. Rajpur is about 10 km away. Barakalan is about 22 km away. Nokha is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.