About Basahi Village

Basahi is a mid sized village in Salkhua tehsil, in the district of Saharsa, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,351, made up of 702 males and 649 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 272.46 hectares hectares.

Basahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basahi village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saharsa
Tehsil	Salkhua
Area (hectares)	272.46 hectares
Population	1,351
Male Population	702
Female Population	649
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Basahi compares

By the 2011 count Basahi is the 30th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,406 residents. Its 272.46 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 890.

Getting to Basahi

Basahi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basahi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basahi from other places

Basahi lies about 21 km from Saharsa, and the nearest railway station is Simri Bakhtiyarpur, about 8.4 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 Basahi
Nearest railway station	Simri Bakhtiyarpur	8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Salkhua	9.0 km
Nearest town	Bangaon	19 km
District headquarters	Saharsa	21 km

Villages closest to Basahi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basahi village had a population of 1,351. That makes it the 30th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,406 residents.

Basahi village has 702 males and 649 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basahi has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 890.

Basahi covers 272.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basahi falls under Salkhua tehsil of Saharsa district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basahi is Simri Bakhtiyarpur, about 8.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Basahi.

Basahi is about 21 km from Saharsa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basahi is in Salkhua tehsil of Saharsa district. Simri Bakhtiyarpur is about 8.4 km away. Salkhua is about 9.0 km away. Bangaon is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.