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About Basmahpur Agarwa Village

Basmahpur Agarwa is a mid sized village in Motihari tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,646, made up of 874 males and 772 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 146.2 hectares hectares.

Basmahpur Agarwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basmahpur Agarwa village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purba Champaran
Tehsil Motihari
Area (hectares) 146.2 hectares
Population 1,646
Male Population 874
Female Population 772
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 883
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Basmahpur Agarwa compares

By the 2011 count Basmahpur Agarwa is the 40th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,538 residents. Its 146.2 hectares work out to about 11 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 888.

Getting to Basmahpur Agarwa

Basmahpur Agarwa 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 Basmahpur Agarwa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basmahpur Agarwa from other places

Basmahpur Agarwa lies about 8.8 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Bapudham Motihari, 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 Basmahpur Agarwa
Tehsil headquarters Motihari under 2 km
Nearest town Mothīhāri under 2 km
Nearest railway station Bapudham Motihari under 2 km
District headquarters Purba Champaran 8.8 km

Villages closest to Basmahpur Agarwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Motihari 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 Basmahpur Agarwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Basmahpur Agarwa village had a population of 1,646. That makes it the 40th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,538 residents.

Basmahpur Agarwa village has 874 males and 772 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basmahpur Agarwa has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

Basmahpur Agarwa covers 146.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basmahpur Agarwa falls under Motihari tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basmahpur Agarwa is Bapudham Motihari, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Basmahpur Agarwa is about 8.8 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basmahpur Agarwa is in Motihari tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Motihari is about under 2 km away. Mothīhāri is about under 2 km away. Bapudham Motihari is about under 2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bariyarpur (2.0 km), Pataura Tola Bhataha (2.5 km) and Loksa (3.4 km).

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

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