About Basaha Village

Basaha is a large village in Baikunthpur tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,588, made up of 1,367 males and 1,221 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 841420, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basaha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basaha village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gopalganj
Tehsil	Baikunthpur
Pincode	841420
Area (hectares)	131 hectares
Population	2,588
Male Population	1,367
Female Population	1,221
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basaha compares

By the 2011 count Basaha is the 23rd largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,341 residents. Its 131 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Basaha

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

Basaha lies about 44 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Alehpur Halt, about under 2 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 Basaha
Nearest railway station	Alehpur Halt	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baikunthpur	6.2 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	18 km
District headquarters	Gopalganj	44 km

Villages closest to Basaha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basaha village had a population of 2,588. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,341 residents.

Basaha village has 1,367 males and 1,221 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basaha has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Basaha is 841420. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basaha covers 131 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Basaha falls under Baikunthpur tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basaha is Alehpur Halt, about under 2 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 Basaha.

Basaha is about 44 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basaha is in Baikunthpur tehsil of Gopalganj district. Alehpur Halt is about under 2 km away. Baikunthpur is about 6.2 km away. Sāhibganj is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.