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About Basbutti Village

Basbutti is a small village in Sikandra tehsil, in the district of Jamui, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 474, made up of 247 males and 227 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 919 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.86 hectares hectares.

Basbutti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basbutti village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Jamui
Tehsil Sikandra
Area (hectares) 91.86 hectares
Population 474
Male Population 247
Female Population 227
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 919
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basbutti compares

By the 2011 count Basbutti is the 55th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,324 residents. Its 91.86 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Basbutti

Basbutti is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Basbutti as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Basbutti from other places

Basbutti lies about 18 km from Jamui, and the nearest railway station is Kunder Halt, about 21 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 Basbutti
Tehsil headquarters Sikandra 6.3 km
District headquarters Jamui 18 km
Nearest town Jamūī 18 km
Nearest railway station Kunder Halt 21 km

Villages closest to Basbutti

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.

Common questions about Basbutti

As per the Census of India 2011, Basbutti village had a population of 474. That makes it the 55th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,324 residents.

Basbutti village has 247 males and 227 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basbutti has about 919 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

Basbutti covers 91.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basbutti falls under Sikandra tehsil of Jamui district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basbutti is Kunder Halt, about 21 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Basbutti.

Basbutti is about 18 km from Jamui in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basbutti is in Sikandra tehsil of Jamui district. Sikandra is about 6.3 km away. Jamui is about 18 km away. Jamūī is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bohrama (under 2 km), Bahadurpur (under 2 km) and Nima (2.0 km).

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

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