About Basua Village

Basua is a large village in Wazirganj tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,813, made up of 1,506 males and 1,307 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 492 hectares hectares.

Basua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basua village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Wazirganj
Area (hectares)	492 hectares
Population	2,813
Male Population	1,506
Female Population	1,307
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
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 Basua compares

By the 2011 count Basua is the 20th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,607 residents. Its 492 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Basua

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

Basua lies about 37 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Gurpa, 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 Basua
Nearest railway station	Gurpa	2.9 km
Nearest town	Bagaha	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Wazirganj	26 km
District headquarters	Gaya	37 km

Villages closest to Basua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basua village had a population of 2,813. That makes it the 20th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,607 residents.

Basua village has 1,506 males and 1,307 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basua has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Basua covers 492 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basua falls under Wazirganj tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basua is Gurpa, about 2.9 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 Basua.

Basua is about 37 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basua is in Wazirganj tehsil of Gaya district. Gurpa is about 2.9 km away. Bagaha is about 22 km away. Wazirganj is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.