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About Basauni Village

Basauni is a large village in Surajgarha tehsil, in the district of Lakhisarai, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,415, made up of 1,289 males and 1,126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 340.11 hectares hectares.

Basauni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basauni village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Lakhisarai
Tehsil Surajgarha
Area (hectares) 340.11 hectares
Population 2,415
Male Population 1,289
Female Population 1,126
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 874
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Basauni compares

By the 2011 count Basauni is the 35th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,411 residents. Its 340.11 hectares work out to about 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Basauni

The census records public bus service for Basauni as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Basauni from other places

Basauni lies about 29 km from Lakhisarai, and the nearest railway station is Masudan, about 2.2 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 Basauni
Nearest railway station Masudan 2.2 km
Nearest town Jamālpur 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Surajgarha 16 km
District headquarters Lakhisarai 29 km

Villages closest to Basauni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basauni village had a population of 2,415. That makes it the 35th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,411 residents.

Basauni village has 1,289 males and 1,126 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basauni has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 887.

Basauni covers 340.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basauni falls under Surajgarha tehsil of Lakhisarai district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basauni is Masudan, about 2.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Basauni.

Basauni is about 29 km from Lakhisarai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basauni is in Surajgarha tehsil of Lakhisarai district. Masudan is about 2.2 km away. Jamālpur is about 14 km away. Surajgarha is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khudiban (2.4 km), Chora (4.0 km) and Maheshpur (5.4 km).

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

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