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About Basaura Village

Basaura is a mid sized village in Sanjhauli tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,894, made up of 1,007 males and 887 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 122.2 hectares hectares.

Basaura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basaura village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Rohtas
Tehsil Sanjhauli
Area (hectares) 122.2 hectares
Population 1,894
Male Population 1,007
Female Population 887
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 881
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basaura compares

By the 2011 count Basaura is the 10th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,553 residents. Its 122.2 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Basaura

Basaura is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Basaura as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Basaura from other places

Basaura lies about 34 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Ankorha, about 11 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 Basaura
Nearest railway station Ankorha 11 km
Nearest town Aurangābād 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Sanjhauli 34 km
District headquarters Rohtas 34 km

Villages closest to Basaura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basaura village had a population of 1,894. That makes it the 10th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,553 residents.

Basaura village has 1,007 males and 887 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basaura has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

Basaura covers 122.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Basaura falls under Sanjhauli tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basaura is Ankorha, about 11 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Basaura.

Basaura is about 34 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basaura is in Sanjhauli tehsil of Rohtas district. Ankorha is about 11 km away. Aurangābād is about 14 km away. Sanjhauli 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 Chaita Bahori (5.1 km), Majhauli (7.3 km) and Sajhauli (7.3 km).

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

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