About Basaia Village

Basaia is a mid sized village in Sikandra tehsil, in the district of Jamui, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,386, made up of 705 males and 681 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 811313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basaia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basaia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Jamui
Tehsil	Sikandra
Pincode	811313
Area (hectares)	87.36 hectares
Population	1,386
Male Population	705
Female Population	681
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	966
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Basaia compares

By the 2011 count Basaia is the 35th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,324 residents. Its 87.36 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Basaia

Basaia is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Basaia as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basaia from other places

Basaia lies about 10 km from Jamui, and the nearest railway station is Kunder Halt, about 14 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 Basaia
Tehsil headquarters	Sikandra	9.9 km
District headquarters	Jamui	10 km
Nearest town	Jamūī	10 km
Nearest railway station	Kunder Halt	14 km

Villages closest to Basaia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basaia village had a population of 1,386. That makes it the 35th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,324 residents.

Basaia village has 705 males and 681 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basaia has about 966 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Basaia is 811313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basaia covers 87.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Basaia falls under Sikandra tehsil of Jamui district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basaia is Kunder Halt, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Basaia.

Basaia is about 10 km from Jamui in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basaia is in Sikandra tehsil of Jamui district. Sikandra is about 9.9 km away. Jamui is about 10 km away. Jamūī is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.