About Basra Shukul Village

Basra Shukul is a mid sized village in Saraiya tehsil, in the district of Muzaffarpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 955, made up of 507 males and 448 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 843123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basra Shukul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basra Shukul village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Muzaffarpur
Tehsil	Saraiya
Pincode	843123
Area (hectares)	87.87 hectares
Population	955
Male Population	507
Female Population	448
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Basra Shukul compares

By the 2011 count Basra Shukul is the 107th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents. Its 87.87 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Basra Shukul

Basra Shukul is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Basra Shukul as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Basra Shukul from other places

Basra Shukul lies about 29 km from Muzaffarpur, and the nearest railway station is Vaishali, about 3.3 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 Basra Shukul
Nearest railway station	Vaishali	3.3 km
Nearest town	Lālganj	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Saraiya	16 km
District headquarters	Muzaffarpur	29 km

Villages closest to Basra Shukul

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Saraiya 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 Basra Shukul

As per the Census of India 2011, Basra Shukul village had a population of 955. That makes it the 107th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents.

Basra Shukul village has 507 males and 448 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basra Shukul has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Basra Shukul is 843123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basra Shukul covers 87.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basra Shukul falls under Saraiya tehsil of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basra Shukul is Vaishali, about 3.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Basra Shukul.

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

Basra Shukul is in Saraiya tehsil of Muzaffarpur district. Vaishali is about 3.3 km away. Lālganj is about 15 km away. Saraiya is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.