About Bastakolaha Village

Bastakolaha is a small village in Kochadhamin tehsil, in the district of Kishanganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 254, made up of 133 males and 121 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 81.8 hectares hectares.

Bastakolaha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bastakolaha village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Kishanganj
Tehsil	Kochadhamin
Area (hectares)	81.8 hectares
Population	254
Male Population	133
Female Population	121
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bastakolaha compares

By the 2011 count Bastakolaha is the 131st largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,069 residents. Its 81.8 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 933.

Getting to Bastakolaha

Bastakolaha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bastakolaha 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bastakolaha from other places

Bastakolaha lies about 13 km from Kochadhamin, and the nearest railway station is Kishanganj, about 7.1 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 Bastakolaha
Nearest railway station	Kishanganj	7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kochadhamin	13 km

Villages closest to Bastakolaha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bastakolaha village had a population of 254. That makes it the 131st largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,069 residents.

Bastakolaha village has 133 males and 121 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bastakolaha has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 933.

Bastakolaha covers 81.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bastakolaha falls under Kochadhamin tehsil of Kishanganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bastakolaha is Kishanganj, about 7.1 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 5 - 10 km distance for Bastakolaha.

Bastakolaha is about 13 km from Kochadhamin in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bastakolaha is in Kochadhamin tehsil of Kishanganj district. Kishanganj is about 7.1 km away. Kochadhamin is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.