About Basaul Village

Basaul is a mid sized village in Kusheshwar Asthan tehsil, in the district of Darbhanga, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 617, made up of 309 males and 308 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 997 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121 hectares hectares.

Basaul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basaul village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Darbhanga
Tehsil	Kusheshwar Asthan
Area (hectares)	121 hectares
Population	617
Male Population	309
Female Population	308
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	997
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 Basaul compares

By the 2011 count Basaul is the 58th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,324 residents. Its 121 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Basaul

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

Basaul lies about 26 km from Darbhanga, and the nearest railway station is Manigachi, 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 Basaul
Nearest town	Benipur	2.7 km
Nearest railway station	Manigachi	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kusheshwar Asthan	26 km
District headquarters	Darbhanga	26 km

Villages closest to Basaul

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kusheshwar Asthan 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 Basaul

As per the Census of India 2011, Basaul village had a population of 617. That makes it the 58th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,324 residents.

Basaul village has 309 males and 308 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basaul has about 997 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 914.

Basaul covers 121 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basaul falls under Kusheshwar Asthan tehsil of Darbhanga district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basaul is Manigachi, 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 Basaul.

Basaul is about 26 km from Darbhanga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basaul is in Kusheshwar Asthan tehsil of Darbhanga district. Benipur is about 2.7 km away. Manigachi is about 15 km away. Kusheshwar Asthan is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.