About Basa Village

Basa is a large village in Sasaram tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,683, made up of 1,411 males and 1,272 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 901 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101.1 hectares hectares.

Basa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Sasaram
Area (hectares)	101.1 hectares
Population	2,683
Male Population	1,411
Female Population	1,272
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	901
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Basa compares

By the 2011 count Basa is the 23rd largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents. Its 101.1 hectares work out to about 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Basa

Basa 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 Basa as Available within 5 - 10 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 Basa from other places

Basa lies about 40 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Karwandia, 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 Basa
Nearest railway station	Karwandia	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sasaram	7.2 km
Nearest town	Sasarām	7.2 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	40 km

Villages closest to Basa

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

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Common questions about Basa

As per the Census of India 2011, Basa village had a population of 2,683. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents.

Basa village has 1,411 males and 1,272 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basa has about 901 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 926.

Basa covers 101.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Basa falls under Sasaram tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basa is Karwandia, about under 2 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Basa.

Basa is about 40 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basa is in Sasaram tehsil of Rohtas district. Karwandia is about under 2 km away. Sasaram is about 7.2 km away. Sasarām is about 7.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.