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About Bastipur Village

Bastipur is a large village in Dehri tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,159, made up of 1,149 males and 1,010 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 451 hectares hectares.

Bastipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bastipur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Rohtas
Tehsil Dehri
Area (hectares) 451 hectares
Population 2,159
Male Population 1,149
Female Population 1,010
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Bastipur compares

By the 2011 count Bastipur is the 20th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,387 residents. Its 451 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Bastipur

Bastipur 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 Bastipur 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bastipur from other places

Bastipur lies about 38 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Dehri on Sone, about 3.1 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 Bastipur
Nearest railway station Dehri on Sone 3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Dehri 9.2 km
Nearest town Madhurampur Dehri 9.2 km
District headquarters Rohtas 38 km

Villages closest to Bastipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bastipur village had a population of 2,159. That makes it the 20th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,387 residents.

Bastipur village has 1,149 males and 1,010 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bastipur has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

Bastipur covers 451 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bastipur falls under Dehri tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bastipur is Dehri on Sone, about 3.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Bastipur is about 38 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bastipur is in Dehri tehsil of Rohtas district. Dehri on Sone is about 3.1 km away. Dehri is about 9.2 km away. Madhurampur Dehri is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Manikpur (under 2 km), Bhainsaha (1.7 km) and Katar (2.2 km).

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

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