About Basant Village

Basant is a mid sized village in Katra tehsil, in the district of Muzaffarpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 810, made up of 429 males and 381 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 155 hectares hectares.

Basant Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basant village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Muzaffarpur
Tehsil	Katra
Area (hectares)	155 hectares
Population	810
Male Population	429
Female Population	381
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
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 Basant compares

By the 2011 count Basant is the 60th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,254 residents. Its 155 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Basant

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

Basant lies about 42 km from Muzaffarpur, and the nearest railway station is Jogiara, about 6.0 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 Basant
Nearest railway station	Jogiara	6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Katra	18 km
Nearest town	Belsand	31 km
District headquarters	Muzaffarpur	42 km

Villages closest to Basant

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basant village had a population of 810. That makes it the 60th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,254 residents.

Basant village has 429 males and 381 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basant has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 920.

Basant covers 155 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basant falls under Katra tehsil of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basant is Jogiara, about 6.0 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 Basant.

Basant is about 42 km from Muzaffarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basant is in Katra tehsil of Muzaffarpur district. Jogiara is about 6.0 km away. Katra is about 18 km away. Belsand is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.