About Basdewa Village

Basdewa is a large village in Ghailarh tehsil, in the district of Madhepura, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,872, made up of 2,432 males and 2,440 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 533 hectares hectares.

Basdewa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basdewa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Madhepura
Tehsil	Ghailarh
Area (hectares)	533 hectares
Population	4,872
Male Population	2,432
Female Population	2,440
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,003
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 Basdewa compares

By the 2011 count Basdewa is the 9th largest of the 14 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 6,424 residents. Its 533 hectares work out to about 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Basdewa

Basdewa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basdewa 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 Basdewa from other places

Basdewa lies about 11 km from Madhepura, and the nearest railway station is Methai, about 6.6 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 Basdewa
Tehsil headquarters	Ghailarh	2.4 km
Nearest railway station	Methai	6.6 km
District headquarters	Madhepura	11 km

Villages closest to Basdewa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basdewa village had a population of 4,872. That makes it the 9th largest of the 14 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 6,424 residents.

Basdewa village has 2,432 males and 2,440 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basdewa has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 915.

Basdewa covers 533 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basdewa falls under Ghailarh tehsil of Madhepura district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basdewa is Methai, about 6.6 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 Basdewa.

Basdewa is about 11 km from Madhepura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basdewa is in Ghailarh tehsil of Madhepura district. Ghailarh is about 2.4 km away. Methai is about 6.6 km away. Madhepura is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.