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About Badh Basti Village

Badh Basti is a large village in Bahadurpur tehsil, in the district of Darbhanga, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,323, made up of 1,212 males and 1,111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 129 hectares hectares.

Badh Basti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badh Basti village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Darbhanga
Tehsil Bahadurpur
Area (hectares) 129 hectares
Population 2,323
Male Population 1,212
Female Population 1,111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 917
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Badh Basti compares

By the 2011 count Badh Basti is the 44th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,130 residents. Its 129 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Badh Basti

Badh Basti is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Badh Basti 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badh Basti from other places

Badh Basti lies about 47 km from Darbhanga, and the nearest railway station is Harnagar, about 2.9 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 Badh Basti
Nearest railway station Harnagar 2.9 km
Nearest town Rosera 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Bahadurpur 28 km
District headquarters Darbhanga 47 km

Villages closest to Badh Basti

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

Common questions about Badh Basti

As per the Census of India 2011, Badh Basti village had a population of 2,323. That makes it the 44th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,130 residents.

Badh Basti village has 1,212 males and 1,111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badh Basti has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 898.

Badh Basti covers 129 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Badh Basti falls under Bahadurpur tehsil of Darbhanga district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Badh Basti is Harnagar, about 2.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Badh Basti.

Badh Basti is about 47 km from Darbhanga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badh Basti is in Bahadurpur tehsil of Darbhanga district. Harnagar is about 2.9 km away. Rosera is about 23 km away. Bahadurpur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pirari (1.7 km), Bela Yakub (3.0 km) and Bastauli (4.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Badh Basti today is likely to be higher.

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