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About Basdeopur Village

Basdeopur is one of the larger villages in Barhara tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,570, made up of 2,926 males and 2,644 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119 hectares hectares.

Basdeopur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basdeopur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Barhara
Area (hectares) 119 hectares
Population 5,570
Male Population 2,926
Female Population 2,644
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 904
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Basdeopur compares

By the 2011 count Basdeopur is the 18th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 4,008 residents. Its 119 hectares work out to about 47 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Basdeopur

Basdeopur 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 Basdeopur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Basdeopur from other places

Basdeopur lies about 149 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Tarsarai, about 8.3 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 Basdeopur
Nearest railway station Tarsarai 8.3 km
Nearest town Benipur 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Barhara 34 km
District headquarters Purnia 149 km

Villages closest to Basdeopur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basdeopur village had a population of 5,570. That makes it the 18th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,008 residents.

Basdeopur village has 2,926 males and 2,644 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basdeopur has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

Basdeopur covers 119 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 47 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Basdeopur falls under Barhara tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basdeopur is Tarsarai, about 8.3 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Basdeopur.

Basdeopur is about 149 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basdeopur is in Barhara tehsil of Purnia district. Tarsarai is about 8.3 km away. Benipur is about 13 km away. Barhara is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hanuman Nagar Chakla (8.6 km), Kamalpur (18 km) and Kamalpur Jagir (18 km).

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

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