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About Basaitha Village

Basaitha is a mid sized village in Saraiya tehsil, in the district of Muzaffarpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,934, made up of 1,040 males and 894 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142 hectares hectares.

Basaitha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basaitha village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Muzaffarpur
Tehsil Saraiya
Area (hectares) 142 hectares
Population 1,934
Male Population 1,040
Female Population 894
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 860
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basaitha compares

By the 2011 count Basaitha is the 64th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents. Its 142 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Basaitha

Basaitha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basaitha 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basaitha from other places

Basaitha lies about 62 km from Muzaffarpur, and the nearest railway station is Alehpur Halt, about under 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 Basaitha
Nearest railway station Alehpur Halt under 2 km
Nearest town Sāhibganj 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Saraiya 32 km
District headquarters Muzaffarpur 62 km

Villages closest to Basaitha

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.

Common questions about Basaitha

As per the Census of India 2011, Basaitha village had a population of 1,934. That makes it the 64th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents.

Basaitha village has 1,040 males and 894 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basaitha has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

Basaitha covers 142 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basaitha falls under Saraiya tehsil of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basaitha is Alehpur Halt, about under 2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Basaitha.

Basaitha is about 62 km from Muzaffarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basaitha is in Saraiya tehsil of Muzaffarpur district. Alehpur Halt is about under 2 km away. Sāhibganj is about 18 km away. Saraiya is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Munja Patrahia (6.3 km), Ramauli (12 km) and Serukahi (13 km).

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

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